Experimental analyses of sexual and natural selection on short tails in a polygynous warbler.
We believe that no experimental study has yet tested Darwin's idea that, as well as generating trait elaboration, intersexual selection might sometimes drive sex-biased trait reduction. Here we present the results of two experiments exploring the negative relationship between tail length and re...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2000
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