A millennium of stasis in avian ornamentation? Implications for sexual selection theory

Sexual selection is widely accepted as an explanation for the evolution of ornamental traits in animals. Theory predicts that ornament evolution via sexual selection is triggered when a population is moved from an equilibrium state by changes in environmental conditions or population parameters and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rebecca E. Koch, Geoffrey E Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Queen's University 2016-01-01
Series:Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
art
Online Access:https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/6004