Determinants of age-dependent change in a secondary sexual character

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-448

  Balbontin J ^a   De Lope, F ^b   Hermosell, I G ^b   Mousseau, T A ^c   Moller A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Among individual component; Life history theory; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection; Senescence; Within individual component

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LINEARITY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 78651463426     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02183.x     Document Type: Article

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