Inverse Rensch's rule in a frog with female-biased sexual size dimorphism

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-431

  Liao, Wen Bo ^a   Chen, Wei ^b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age difference; Rana chensinensis; Rensch's rule; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANIDAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; RANIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 84863721199     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0913-5     Document Type: Article

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