Context-dependent sexual advertisement: Plasticity in development of sexual ornamentation throughout the lifetime of a passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1065-1076

  Badyaev, A V ^a,c   Duckworth, R A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Condition dependence; Development; Life history; Plasticity; Sexual ornaments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; ORNAMENTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242712054     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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