Dynamics of multiple sexual signals in relation to climatic conditions

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-920

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a   Török, János ^a   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^b   Rosivall, Balázs ^a   Szöllosi, Eszter ^a   Hargitai, Rita ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collared flycatcher; Condition dependence; Ficedula albicollis; North Atlantic Oscillation; Phenotypic plasticity; Plumage ornament; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 35348947555     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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