The energy costs of sexual dimorphism in mole-rats are morphological not behavioural

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1582, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Scantlebury, M ^a   Speakman, J R ^b,c   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Mole rat; Resting metabolic rate; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MOLE RAT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BATHYERGUS JANETTA; GEORYCHUS CAPENSIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOLE RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645298524     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3280     Document Type: Article

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