Limits to sexual size dimorphism in red-winged blackbirds: The cost of getting big?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-361

  Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,b   Dufour, Kevin W ^a,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Body size; Natural selection; Sex ratios; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 22044450490     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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