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Sex-limited expression of ornamental feathers in birds
2000
Behavioral Ecology
Extravagant secondary sexual characters show sexual size dimorphism in some species but are completely sex limited in others. Sexual ornamentation has been hypothesized to benefit mainly males through sexual selection, but the costs of secondary sexual characters initially would be experienced by both sexes. The evolution of sexual size dimorphism of ornaments and, eventually, the complete sex-limited expression of these characters, will depend on the effects of sexual and natural selection on
doi:10.1093/beheco/11.3.246
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