Ecological gradient of sexual selection: Elevation and song elaboration in finches

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-551

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a,b   Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Cardueline finches; Environmental gradient; Sexual selection; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COURTSHIP; ELEVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 49249134046     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1092-0     Document Type: Article

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