Reproductive skew and female trait elaboration in a cooperatively breeding rail

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-460

  Dey, Cody J ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^b   Quinn, James S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Joint laying; Mate choice; Ornament; Pukeko; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Social selection; Weapon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEMALE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PUKEKOHE;

IBIS; PORPHYRIO MELANOTUS; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO;

EID: 84868626384     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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