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Quantifying Variability of Avian Colours: Are Signalling Traits More Variable?
BACKGROUND: Increased variability in sexually selected ornaments, a key assumption of evolutionary theory, is thought to be maintained through condition-dependence. Condition-dependent handicap models of sexual selection predict that (a) sexually selected traits show amplified variability compared t...
Autores principales: | Delhey, Kaspar, Peters, Anne |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18301766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001689 |
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