Sexual dimorphism in snake tail length: sexual selection, natural selection, or morphological constraint?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 133-154

  KING, RICHARD B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

natural selection morphological constraint; Sexual dimorphism; snake tail length sexual selection

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAKE; TAIL LENGTH; WATER SNAKE;

NERODIA SIPEDON;

EID: 0024928785     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01570.x     Document Type: Article

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