Growth and survivorship as proximate causes of sexual size dimorphism in peninsula dragon lizards Ctenophorus fionni

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Johnston, Greg ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ctenophorus fionni; Growth; Reptile; Sexual size dimorphism; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAPTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LIZARD; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVORSHIP; WILD POPULATION;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; CTENOPHORUS FIONNI; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79953036838     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02113.x     Document Type: Article

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