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Absence of dispersal-mediated selection on the expression of a female ornament-a long-term study in a wild bird population.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jul 2026
Redondo Iraida, Martínez-Padilla Jesús, Camacho Carlos, Potti Jaime, Canal David
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There is increasing evidence that female ornamentation is not merely a genetic by-product of male ornamentation and has evolved through sexual and/or social selection processes. However, the magnitude and direction of phenotypic selection on ornamental traits may fluctuate according to environmental conditions and life-history traits such as conspecific density and natal dispersal, affecting the covariation...
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