Sexual size dimorphism in mammals

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lindenfors, Patrik ^a   Gittleman, John L ^b   Jones, Kate E ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Fecundity selection; Rensch's rule; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920057945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208784.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

References (5)

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2. Darwin, C. (1871) The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. John Murray, London.
3. Fairbairn, D.J. (1997) Allometry for sexual size dimorphism: pattern and process in the coevolution of body size in males and females. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28, 659-687.
4. Isaac, J.L. (2005) Potential causes and life-history consequences of sexual size dimorphism in mammals. Mammal Review 35, 101-115.
5. Lindenfors, P. (2002) Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15, 595-607.