When do meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii) become sexually dimorphic? - ontogenetic patterns of sexual size dimorphisms

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-282

  Tomović, Ljiljana M ^a,b   Crnobrnja Isailović, Jelka M ^b,c   Ajtić, Rastko D ^d   Aleksić, Ivan D ^b,e   Djordjević, Sonja Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Biological Research   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^d Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia   (Serbia)

^e Institute for Biocides and Medical Ecology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkans; Family effect; Ontogeny; Sexual dimorphism; Snake; Vipera ursinii

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEONATE; ONTOGENY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

MONTENEGRO;

SERPENTES; VIPERA URSINII; VIPERINAE;

EID: 77956119999     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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