Sexual size dimorphism and growth plasticity in snakes: An experiment on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 598-607

  Taylor, Emily N ^a   Denardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES;

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SNAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY SIZE; CROTALUS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 23044461100     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.189     Document Type: Article

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