Extreme sexual dimorphism in Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) bill length: A case of sexual selection?

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-183

  Radford, Andrew N ^a   Du Plessis, Morné A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PHOENICULUS; PHOENICULUS PURPUREUS; PHOENICURUS; PHOENICURUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 1242265438     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090067     Document Type: Article

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