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Experimental analyses of sexual and natural selection on short tails in a polygynous warbler.
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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 reproductive success in male golden-headed cisticolas (Cisticola exilis). In the first experiment, artificially shortening a male's tail produced a dramatic increase in his reproductive success, measured ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society
- Volume:
- 267
- Issue:
- 1448
- Pages:
- 1121-1128
- Publication date:
- 2000-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-2954
- ISSN:
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0962-8452
- Source identifiers:
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164999
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:164999
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright date:
- 2000
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