Maintenance of variation in sexually selected traits in females: A case study using intrasexual aggression in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 454-462

  Rosvall, Kimberly A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLIGHT; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 80755143310     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05322.x     Document Type: Article

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