Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 665-673

  Scharf, Inon ^a   Meiri, Shai ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Fecundity; Length; Size; Snout vent length

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84885867720     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12147     Document Type: Article

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