Sexual Size Dimorphism and Disassortative Mating in the Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii in Southern Sweden
- 31 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Ornis Scandinavica
- Vol. 18 (4) , 257-264
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3676893
Abstract
In a South Swedish population of Dunlins, males were on average smaller than females. Differences were most pronounced in bill length and body mass. Males arriv...This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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