Patterns of variation in tail ornament size in birds

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 363-374

  ALATALO, RAUNO V ^a   HÖGLUND, JACOB ^b   LUNDBERG, ARNE ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allometry; geographic variation; morphological variation; neutral equilibria; Ornament; sexual selection; viability indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 38249028202     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb01969.x     Document Type: Article

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