Sexual dimorphism and sexual selection in a montane scincid lizard (Eulamprus leuraensis)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  Dubey, Sylvain ^a   Chevalley, Maya ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecundity selection; Mating system; Multiple paternity; Reptile; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EULAMPRUS; EULAMPRUS LEURAENSIS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79251480427     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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