Sexual size dimorphism and assortative mating for morphological traits in Passer domesticus

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-230

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Badge size; House sparrow; Sexual selection; Tail length

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33745936802     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0183-1     Document Type: Article

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