Song evolution in Maluridae: Influences of natural and sexual selection on acoustic structure

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-281

  Greig, Emma I ^a   Price, J Jordan ^b   Pruett Jones, Stephen ^c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; latitude; relative testes size.

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SONG; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 84882363482     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU12078     Document Type: Article

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