Influence of female-biased sexual size dimorphism on dominance of female Townsend's chipmunks

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1859-1863

  Edelman, A J ^a,b   Koprowski, J L ^a,c  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MIXED-SEX DYADS; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM (SSD); TOWNSEND'S CHIPMUNKS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; RODENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE EFFECT;

TAMIAS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 34247125780     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-181     Document Type: Article

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