Sexual size dimorphism in anurans: roles of mating system and habitat types
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Frontiers in Zoology
- Vol. 10 (1) , 65
Abstract
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread and variable among animals. Sexual selection, fecundity selection and ecological divergence between males and females are the major evolutionary forces of SSD. However, the influences of mating system and habitat types on SSD have received little attention. Here, using phylogenetic comparative methods, we at first examine the hypotheses to that mating system (intensity of sexual selection) and habitat types affect significantly variation in SSD in anurans (39 species and 18 genera).Keywords
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