Sexual shape dimorphism in tuatara

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages 727-731

  Herrel, Anthony ^a,b   Schaerlaeken, Vicky ^b   Moravec, Jiří ^c   Ross, Callum F ^d  

^a MNHN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; REPTILE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 73449117545     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CG-08-136     Document Type: Article

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