The allometry of ornaments and weapons

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8733-8738

  Kodric Brown, Astrid ^a   Sibly, Richard M ^b,c   Brown, James H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation tradeoff; Exaggerated trait; Fitness function; Optimal allocation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33745038203     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602994103     Document Type: Article

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