Sexual bimaturation and sexual size dimorphism in animals with asymptotic growth after maturity

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-39

  Stamps, J ^a   Krishnan, V V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age at maturity; sexual bimaturation; sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; ASYMPTOTIC GROWTH; SEXUAL BIMATURATION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

ANOLIS;

EID: 0030618441     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018479312191     Document Type: Article

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