The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in reptiles

Sex, Size and Gender Roles: Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size Dimorphism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Butler, Marguerite A ^b   John Alder, Henry B ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Fecundity; Lizards; Rensch's rule; Sexual selection; Snakes; Turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920033218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208784.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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