A millennium of stasis in avian ornamentation? Implications for sexual selection theory
Sexual selection is widely accepted as an explanation for the evolution of ornamental traits in animals. Theory predicts that ornament evolution via sexual selection is triggered when a population is moved from an equilibrium state by changes in environmental conditions or population parameters and...
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Language: | English |
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Queen's University
2016-01-01
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Series: | Ideas in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/6004 |