The roles of ecological factors and sexual selection in the evolution of white wing patches in ducks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1208-1216

  Hegyi, Gergely ^a,b   Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^b   Eens, Marcel ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatinae; Forced copulation; Intrasexual competition; Parental care; Predation; Social mating system; White plumage ornament

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COPULATION; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANAS; AVES;

EID: 56549126453     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn085     Document Type: Article

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