The origins of sexual dimorphism in body size in ungulates

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1276-1285

  Perez Barberia F J ^a,b   Gordon, I J ^a   Pagel, M ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Recurs Nat y Ordenacion T   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Habitat use; Phylogeny; Polygyny; Sex

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT USE; PHYLOGENY; POLYGYNY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; UNGULATE;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035989041     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01438.x     Document Type: Article

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