Divergent patterns of age-dependence in ornamental and reproductive traits in the collared flycatcher.
Sexual ornaments are predicted to honestly signal individual condition. We might therefore expect ornament expression to show a senescent decline, in parallel with late-life deterioration of other characters. Conversely, life-history theory predicts the reduced residual reproductive value of older i...
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Format: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2011
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