A cautionary tale: Cryptic sexual size dimorphism in a socially monogamous passerine

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 515-525

  Murphy, Michael T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Eastern Kingbird; Keel length; Muscle mass; Sexual size dimorphism; Tyrannus tyrannus

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 34249073101     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[515:ACTCSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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