Global geographic patterns of sexual size dimorphism in birds: Support for a latitudinal trend?

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-25

  Friedman, Nicholas R ^a   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; LATITUDE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84956745845     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01531     Document Type: Article

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