Environmental influences on the sexual dimorphism in body size of western bobcats

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 610-616

  Dobson, F Stephen ^a   Wigginton, John D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Climate; Geography; Lynx; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BOBCAT; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 0030301681     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329033     Document Type: Article

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