Contemporary evolution of secondary sexual traits in the wild

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-433

  Svensson, E I ^a   Gosden, T P ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contemporary evolution; Geographic information systems (GIS); Microevolution; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34249001624     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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