Proximate causes of sexual size dimorphism in the iguanian lizard Microlophus occipitalis

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1473-1482

  Watkins, Graham G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Growth; Iguania; Lizard; Microlophus; Tropidurus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

MICROLOPHUS OCCIPITALIS;

EID: 0030441261     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265544     Document Type: Article

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