Selection for sexual bill dimorphism in Ibises: An evaluation of hypotheses

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-206

  Babbitt, Gregory A ^a   Frederick, Peter C ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bill length; Bill sparring; Male male competition; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EUDOCIMUS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; EUDOCIMUS RUBER; IBIS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 34547425884     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)30[199:SFSBDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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