Size dimorphism, intrasexual competition, and sexual selection in Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), a sex-role-reversed shorebird in Panama

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 391-403

  Emlen, Stephen T ^a,b   Wrege, Peter H ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIMORPHISM; SEABIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; JACANA JACANA; JACANIDAE;

EID: 2942531073     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090403     Document Type: Article

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