Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in Chelonia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 396-413

  Halámková, Lenka ^a   Schulte, James A ^a   Langen, Tom A ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size evolution; Evolutionary allometry; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Rensch's rule

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 84872559180     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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