Interactions between sexual and natural selection on the evolution of a plumage badge

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 731-748

  Olsen, Brian J ^a,b,d   Greenberg, Russell ^a   Liu, Irene A ^c   Felch, Joshua M ^b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichromatism; Mating system; Melospiza georgiana nigrescens; Sexual dimorphism; Signals; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BACTERIUM; COASTAL PLAIN; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALTMARSH; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953869274     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9330-4     Document Type: Article

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