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Geographical and seasonal variation in the intensity of sexual selection in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica: a meta-analysis.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Aug 2017
Romano Andrea, Costanzo Alessandra, Rubolini Diego, Saino Nicola, Møller Anders Pape
Abstract excerpt
Sexual selection arises from competition among individuals for access to mates, resulting in the evolution of conspicuous sexually selected traits, especially when inter-sexual competition is mediated by mate choice. Different sexual selection regimes may occur among populations/subspecies within the same species. This is particularly the case when mate choice is based on multiple sexually selected traits....
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