Permanent female mimics in a lekking shorebird

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-164

  Jukema, Joop ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c  

^a University of Groningen ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Alternative phenotypes; Mimicry; Philomachus pugnax; Plumage variation; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; MIMICRY; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOREBIRD; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHILOMACHUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745304188     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0416     Document Type: Article

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