Sexual selection in the house sparrow, Passer domesticus

(1) This study investigated the maintenance of variation in the black throat patch or 'badge' of the male house sparrow. This sexually dimorphic trait is thought to be a sexually selected ornament, with previous workers providing evidence of a role in both mate choice of males by females a...

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Main Author: Griffith, Simon C.
Published: University of Leicester 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696439