Interactive effects of competition and social environment on the expression of sexual dimorphism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1069-1077

  De Lisle, S P ^a   Rowe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Interspecific competition; Mesocosm experiment; Notophthalmus viridescens; Partial migration; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901488046     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12381     Document Type: Article

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