No evidence that sexual selection is an 'engine of speciation' in birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-234

  Morrow, Edward H ^a   Pitcher, Trevor E ^b   Arnqvist, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dichromatism; Dimorphism; MacroCAIC; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Species richness; Testes size

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES;

EID: 0242668296     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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