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Sexing a sex-role-reversed species based on plumage: potential challenges in the red phalarope

Sex-role reversal, in which males care for offspring, can occur when mate competition is stronger between females than males. Secondary sex traits and mate attracting displays in sex-role-reversed species are usually more pronounced in females than in males. The red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)...

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Autores principales: Giroux, Marie-Andrée, Ditlecadet, Delphine, Martin, Luc J., Lanctot, Richard B., Lecomte, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168992
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1989