Sexual selection: When to expect trade-offs

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-104

  Shutler, Dave ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird song; Plumage; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PLUMAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; TRADE-OFF;

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EID: 79551490354     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0531     Document Type: Article

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