Concepedia

Parasite faunas, testosterone and secondary sexual traits in male red-winged blackbirds

Patrick J. Weatherhead, Karen J. Metz, Gordon F. Bennett, Rebecca E. Irwin

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1993 · 151 citations · 39 references

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Heritable True Fitness and Bright Birds: A Role for Parasites?

W D Hamilton, Marlene Zuk · Science · 1982 · 3.8K citations

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Parasites, Bright Males, and the Immunocompetence Handicap

Ivar Folstad, Andrew J. Karter · The American Naturalist · 1992 · 2.8K citations

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The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies

John C. Wingfield, Robert E. Hegner, Alfred M. Dufty et al. · The American Naturalist · 1990 · 2.3K citations

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Female swallow preference for symmetrical male sexual ornaments

Anders Pape Møller · Nature · 1992 · 450 citations

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Lifetime Reproduction in Birds

L. R. Taylor, Ian Newton · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1990 · 429 citations

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