Sexual size dimorphism in two populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) : female body size and seasonal fecundity in a multiple spawning species
To date, models of sexual size dimorphism do not explain selection for small females, and they are also limited in their ability to explain intraspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism. I propose that small females, in species which produce multiple clutches in a breeding season, could have a s...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27956 |