Sexual dimorphism in lacertid lizards: Male head increase vs female abdomen increase?

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 511-523

  Braña, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

LACERTIDAE;

EID: 0030303783     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545893     Document Type: Article

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