The fitness advantage of a high-performance weapon

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 840-845

  Husak, Jerry F ^a,b   Lappin, A Kristopher ^c   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite force; Lizard; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

CROTAPHYTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 63849291159     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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