Sexual selection and ecological generalism are correlated in antbirds
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Sexual selection and ecological generalism are correlated in antbirds.
Sexual selection is thought to counteract natural selection on the grounds that secondary sexual traits are inherently costly and evolve at the expense of naturally selected traits. It is therefore commonly predicted that increased sexual selection is associated with decreased physiological tolerance or ecological plasticity. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we test this prediction by ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01678.x