Drought survival and reproduction impose contrasting selection pressures on maximum body size and sexual size dimorphism in a snake, Seminatrix pygaea

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 913-922

  Winne, Christopher T ^a,b   Willson, John D ^a   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Natural selection; Prey abundance; Sexual selection; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECTOTHERMY; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE; SURVIVORSHIP; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SNAKES; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

ANIMALIA; SEMINATRIX PYGAEA;

EID: 77949773253     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1513-8     Document Type: Article

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