Sexual selection as a promoter of population divergence in male phenotypic characters: A study on mainland and islet lizard populations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 374-389

  Runemark, Anna ^a   Svensson, Erik I ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size evolution; Colour polymorphism; Mate preferences; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PODARCIS; PODARCIS GAIGEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84859898871     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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