Does the timing of attainment of maturity influence sexual size dimorphism and adult sex ratio in turtles?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 142-149

  Lovich, Jeffrey E ^a   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^b   Agha, Mickey ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimaturism; Emydidae; Environmental sex determination; Selection

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84898914981     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12275     Document Type: Article

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