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Rensching cats and dogs: feeding ecology and fecundity trends explain variation in the allometry of sexual size dimorphism

The tendency for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) to increase with body mass in taxa where males are larger, and to decrease when females are larger, is known as Rensch's rule. In mammals, where the trend occurs, it is believed to be the result of a competitive advantage for larger males, while fem...

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Autores principales: Johnson, P. J., Noonan, M. J., Kitchener, A. C., Harrington, L. A., Newman, C., Macdonald, D. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170453