Avian Sexual Dichromatism in Relation to Phylogeny and Ecology

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-49

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural selection; Plumage coloration; Sexual ornaments; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; ORNAMENTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0842301567     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132441     Document Type: Review

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