Body size and sexual size dimorphism in marine iguanas fluctuate as a result of opposing natural and sexual selection: An island comparison

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 922-936

  Wikelski, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Amblyrhynchus cristatus; Body size; Galapagos; Growth; Mortality; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MARINE IGUANA; NATURAL SELECTION; SELECTION PRESSURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANIMALIA; IGUANA; IGUANIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030785655     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03673.x     Document Type: Article

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