Stabilizing natural selection on the early expression of a secondary sexual trait in a passerine bird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1152-1156

  Gregoire, A ^a,b   Preault, M ^a   Cezilly, F ^a   Wood, M J ^a   Pradel, R ^c   Faivre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; European blackbird; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEAK; BIRDS; EUROPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PIGMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 4444359254     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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