Fluctuating environments, sexual selection and the evolution of flexible mate choice in birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Botero, Carlos A ^a,c   Rubenstein, Dustin R ^b  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857134069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032311     Document Type: Article

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