Evaluating performance costs of sexually selected traits

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 676-689

  Oufiero, C E ^a   Garland Jr , T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Comparative method; Locomotion; Path analysis; Performance; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; PATH ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 34447323273     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01259.x     Document Type: Review

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