Divergent patterns of age-dependence in ornamental and reproductive traits in the collared flycatcher

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1623-1636

  Evans, Simon R ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Life history; Ornamentation; Plumage coloration; Senescence; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREEDING POPULATION; DIVERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; ORNAMENTATION; PLUMAGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SWEDEN;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 79958061869     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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