Positive allometry and the prehistory of sexual selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Tomkins, Joseph L ^a   Lebas, Natasha R ^a   Witton, Mark P ^b   Martill, David M ^b   Humphries, Stuart ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Dinosaur; Lizard; Ornament; Reptile; Weapon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; THERMOREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ORBIT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; THERMOREGULATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ORBIT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

DINOSAURIA; PTERANODON; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955628359     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653001     Document Type: Article

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