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Sexual size dimorphism in ground squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Marmotini) does not correlate with body size and sociality

INTRODUCTION: Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is a widespread phenomenon in animals including mammals. It has been demonstrated that across species, the direction and magnitude of sexual dimorphism in body size often corresponds to social systems. Moreover, many animal lineages conform to “Rensch’s rul...

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Autores principales: Matějů, Jan, Kratochvíl, Lukáš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23672689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-27