The intensity of sexual selection predicts weapon size in male bovids

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1316-1326

  Bro Jørgensen, Jakob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Group size; Horn length; Natural selection; Temperature regulation; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMORPHISM; GROUP SIZE; HORN; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RUMINANT; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; HORN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE; TERRITORIALITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORNS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANTS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TERRITORIALITY;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 34249783436     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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