Ontogenic differences in sexual size dimorphism across four plover populations

Ibis

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 590-600

  Dos Remedios, Natalie ^a,b   Székely, Tamás ^a   Küpper, Clemens ^b   Lee, Patricia L M ^c,d   Kosztolányi, András ^e  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Charadriiformes; Development; Growth; Ontogeny; Sexual size dimorphism; Tarsus; Waders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; EMERGENCE; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; ONTOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WADER;

CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TURKEY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84936847146     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12263     Document Type: Article

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