Stronger condition dependence in female size explains altitudinal variation in sexual size dimorphism of a Tibetan frog

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 558-565

  Zhang, Lixia ^a   Ma, Xiaoyan ^a   Jiang, Jianping ^b   Lu, Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Body size; Fecundity selection; Life history; Nanorana parkeri; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84867670535     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01953.x     Document Type: Article

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