Large size in an island-dwelling bird: Intraspecific competition and the Dominance Hypothesis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1106-1114

  Robinson Wolrath, S I ^a,b   Owens, I P F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Body size; Dominance; Islands; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SONGBIRDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0141665015     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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