Costs of reproduction and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in a 'flying lizard' Draco melanopogon (Agamidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-213

  Shine, Richard ^a   Keogh, Scott ^a   Doughty, Paul ^a   Giragossyan, Hamlet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomechanics; Gliding; Life history; Locomotion; Reptile

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

DRACO MELANOPOGON;

EID: 0031754820     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998010097     Document Type: Article

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