Evolutionary maintenance of sexual dimorphism in head size in the lizard Zootoca vivipara: A test of two hypotheses

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-13

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a   Van Damme, Raoul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Copulation; Lacertidae; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Squamata; Zootoca vivipara

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMPHIBIA; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0037272759     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003308     Document Type: Article

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