A performance based approach to distinguish indices from handicaps in sexual selection studies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Vanhooydonck, B ^a   Van Damme, R ^a   Herrel, A ^a   Irschick, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Handicap principle; Performance; Secondary sexual traits

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34447312702     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01287.x     Document Type: Review

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