The allometry between secondary sexual traits and body size is nonlinear among cervids

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lemaitre J F ^a,b,c   Vanpe C ^a,b,c   Plard, F ^a,b,c   Gaillard, J M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Life history theory; Ornaments; Sexual selection; Ungulates; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; NONLINEARITY; ORNAMENTATION; RUMINANT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; DEER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORN; LIFE-HISTORY THEORY; ORNAMENTS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNGULATES; WEAPON;

LIFE-HISTORY THEORY; ORNAMENTS; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNGULATES; WEAPONS;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BODY SIZE; DEER; ENERGY INTAKE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898015883     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0869     Document Type: Article

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