Female sika deer have evolved larger incisors than males under relaxed selection against rapid tooth wear

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 384-397

  Kubo, Mugino O ^a   Minami, Masato ^b   Higuchi, Naoko ^c   Ohnishi, Nobumasa ^d   Okada, Ayumi ^e   Kaji, Koichi ^f   Ohba, Takahiro ^g   Hosoi, Eiji ^h   Koizumi, Toru ⁱ   Takatsuki, Seiki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NPO Earthworm for Bio Diversity   (Japan)

^d Eco Planning Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g Forestry and Forest Products Research Center   (Japan)

^h YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervus nippon; Food habits; Grazing; Incisor arcade breadth; Morphology; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DEER; DENTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKAZAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84883828305     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12128     Document Type: Article

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