The role of body size in competition and mate choice in an agamid with female-biased size dimorphism

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1087-1102

  Stuart Smith, Jemina ^a   Swain, Roy ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; RANKINIA DIEMENSIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548620331     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781871833     Document Type: Article

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