Sexual dimorphism, social behavior, and intrasexual competition in large pleistocene carnivorans

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 164-169

  Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a   Sacco, Tyson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; FELID; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLEISTOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOTH;

CANIDAE; CANIS DIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; SMILODON FATALIS;

EID: 23044533021     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0164:SDSBAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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