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| Title | Sexual selection in birds: what determines sexual dimorphism in colour, song and size? |
| Group | Behavioural Ecology |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 30-36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Sjouke Anne Kingma |
| Examiner(s) | Marc Naguib |
| Contact info | sjouke.kingma@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2020/03/10 |
| End date | 2028/03/10 |
| Description | Birds are highly variable in appearance and size and their song varies substantially. Tradionally this is seen as the result from selection on males to compete for females. Recently, sexual selection was invoked also to explain variation in elaboration of female ornamentation, size and song. Using data on all world’s bird species from handbooks, published data and an existing database, you will perform a large-scale assessment of whether sexual selection operates similarly in females as in males. |
| Used skills | Statistical analyses; data collection; broad review writing |
| Requirements | Broad conceptual thinking; affiliation with statistical analyses, or willingness to learn, is preferred |