Bateman-Trivers in the 21st Century: Sexual selection in a North American pitviper

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 436-445

  Levine, Brenna A ^a   Smith, Charles F ^b,c,d   Schuett, Gordon W ^c,d,e   Douglas, Marlis R ^a,f   Davis, Mark A ^f   Douglas, Michael E ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c The Copperhead Institute   (United States)

^d Chiricahua Desert Museum   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon contortrix; Bateman's principles; Copperhead; Male body size; Mating systems; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CORRELATION; CRYPSIS; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC MARKER; NEONATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84921493919     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12434     Document Type: Article

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