Can sexual selection drive female life histories? A comparative study on Galliform birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 627-638

  Kolm, Niclas ^a,c   Stein, R W ^b   Mooers, A O ^b   Verspoor, J J ^b   Cunningham, E J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Clutch size; Discrete; Egg size; Mating system; Sexual size dimorphism; Supertree phylogeny; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG SIZE; GAMEBIRD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 33847060570     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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