Joint effects of feeding and breeding behaviour on trophic dimorphism in hummingbirds
- 22 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 266 (1437) , 2491-2497
Abstract
A survey of 166 hummingbird species reveals novel associations of billlength sexual dimorphism (BLSD) with plumage and breeding behaviours. Across all species, female bills become proportionately l...Keywords
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