An analysis of continent-wide patterns of sexual selection in a passerine bird

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 856-868

  Moller A P ^a   Chabi, Y ^b   Cuervo, J J ^c   De Lope, F ^d   Kilpimaa, J ^e   Kose, M ^f   Matyjasiak, P ^g   Pap, P L ^h   Saino, N ⁱ   Sakraoui, R ^b   Schifferli, L ^j   Von Hirschheydt, J ^j  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^h BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Barn swallow; Breeding date; Darwin Fisher theory of sexual selection; Fecundity selection; Hirundo rustica; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MONOGAMY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33745282118     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-665.1     Document Type: Article

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