The evolution of fighting structures in hartebeest

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 997-1011

  Capellini, Isabella ^a,b   Gosling, Leonard Morris ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcelaphus; Horns; Natural selection; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALCELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 33749326973     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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