Evolution of Sexual Size Dimorphism in a Frog Obeys the Inverse of Rensch's Rule

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Liao, Wen Bo ^a  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; Rana limnochari; Rensch's rule; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANURA;

EID: 84878105734     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9212-5     Document Type: Article

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