The evolution of reversed sexual size dimorphism in hawks, falcons and owls: A comparative study

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-486

  Krüger, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intersexual competition hypothesis; Natural selection; Reversed size dimorphism; Sexual selection; Small male hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; NATURAL SELECTION; RAPTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ACCIPITRINAE; CICONIIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 27644528118     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-005-0293-9     Document Type: Article

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