Natural selection and sexual dimorphism: Sex-biased sparrowhawk predation favours crypsis in female chaffinches

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 540-548

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Post, Peter ^a   Olsson, Jan ^a   Himmelmann, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAFFINCHES; CRYPSIS; PLUMAGE; PREDATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPARROWHAWK;

ACCIPITER NISUS; FRINGILLA COELEBS;

EID: 2642703471     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546627     Document Type: Article

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