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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Main Authors: Balmford, A, Lewis, M, Brooke, M, Thomas, A, Johnson, C
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2000

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