A comparative analysis of allometry for sexual size dimorphism: Assessing Rensch's rule

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 540-562

  Abouheif, Ehab ^a,b   Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; RENSCH'S RULE; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0030619356     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286004     Document Type: Article

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