Imitating the initial evolutionary stage of a tail ornament

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 704-711

  Matyjasiak, Piotr ^a   Jabloski, Piotr G ^a   Olejniczak, Izabella ^a   Boniecki, Pawel ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Handicap principle; Hirundinidae; Initial evolution; Riparia riparia; Sexual selection; Tail ornaments

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TAIL;

EID: 0342657762     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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