Загрузка...

Why do male snakes have longer tails than females?

In most snake species, males have longer tails than females of the same body length. The adaptive significance of this widespread dimorphism has attracted much speculation, but few tests. We took advantage of huge mating aggregations of red-sided gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) in sout...

Полное описание

Сохранить в:
Библиографические подробности
Главные авторы: Shine, R., Olsson, M. M., Moore, I. T., LeMaster, M. P., Mason, R. T.
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: 1999
Предметы:
Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690340/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0901
Метки: Добавить метку
Нет меток, Требуется 1-ая метка записи!