Shaping up to fight: Sexual selection influences body shape and size in the fighting tortoise (Chersina angulata)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-379

  Mann, G K H ^a   O'Riain, M J ^a   Hofmeyr, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body shape; Chersina angulata; Fighting; Sexual selection; Tortoise morphology

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; FIGHTING; REPTILE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AFRICA; DASSEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHERSINA ANGULATA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33745085241     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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