The influence of sexual selection and male agility on sexual size dimorphism in bustards (Otididae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 833-838

  Raihani, Gina ^a   Székely, Tamás ^b   Serrano Meneses, M Alejandro ^b   Pitra, Christian ^c   Goriup, Paul ^d,e  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Fieldfare International Ecological Development   (United Kingdom)

^e Fieldfare International Ecological Development plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

OTIDIDAE;

EID: 33645115245     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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