Why are group-living badgers (Meles meles) sexually dimorphic?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Johnson, Dominic D P ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Garden Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Badgers; Canines; Group living; Meles meles; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MUSTELID; PATCHINESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034781118     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901001273     Document Type: Article

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