Fecundity Selection and the Evolution of Reproductive Output and Sex-Specific Body Size in the Liolaemus Lizard Adaptive Radiation

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-207

  Pincheira Donoso, Daniel ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecundity selection; Fitness; Liolaemus; Lizards; Macroecology; Rensch's rule; Reproductive output; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

LIOLAEMUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79955636945     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9118-7     Document Type: Article

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