The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina (L., 1758)) is one of the most dimorphic mammals, but sexual dimorphism in its skull ontogeny is poorly known. We study ontogeny of sexual dimorphism by the allometric relationships between 21 measurements and its geometric mean. Based on 66 specimens (36 females, 30 males), the bivariate and multivariate analyses indicated that both approaches were congruent in most variables. We detected that sexual dimorphism was reached mostly by sexual shape differences in the ontogenetic trajectories of males and females. Twenty-four percent of variables were associated with intercept differences (pup size proportions), while 57% of variables were associated with slope intersexual differences (relative grow...
In a study on size and reproductive behaviour in the southern elephant seal,Mirounga leonina, on Sou...
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the evol...
Environmental conditions experienced in early life affect growth and influence life history strategi...
The theory of evolution by sexual selection for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) postulates that SSD pri...
We present a quantitative analysis of sexual dimorphism in the skull of Arctocephalus australis asse...
The auditory region of pinnipeds has seldom been described. Here we describe and analyze the ontogen...
The southern elephant seal is among the most sexually dimorphic and polygynous of all mammals: males...
Characteristics of social structure, mating strategies, and parental investment can be inferred for ...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina display extreme sexual dimorphism. In addition females show...
Partitioning resources is a key mechanism for avoiding intraspecific competition and maximizing indi...
Copyright © 2007 Inter-Research.Environmental conditions experienced in early life affect growth and...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina display extreme sexual dimorphism. In addition females show...
This work describes the skull development in males and females of the California sea lion (Zalophus ...
Reproductive effort is a key parameter of life history because it measures the resources allocated t...
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the evol...
In a study on size and reproductive behaviour in the southern elephant seal,Mirounga leonina, on Sou...
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the evol...
Environmental conditions experienced in early life affect growth and influence life history strategi...
The theory of evolution by sexual selection for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) postulates that SSD pri...
We present a quantitative analysis of sexual dimorphism in the skull of Arctocephalus australis asse...
The auditory region of pinnipeds has seldom been described. Here we describe and analyze the ontogen...
The southern elephant seal is among the most sexually dimorphic and polygynous of all mammals: males...
Characteristics of social structure, mating strategies, and parental investment can be inferred for ...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina display extreme sexual dimorphism. In addition females show...
Partitioning resources is a key mechanism for avoiding intraspecific competition and maximizing indi...
Copyright © 2007 Inter-Research.Environmental conditions experienced in early life affect growth and...
Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina display extreme sexual dimorphism. In addition females show...
This work describes the skull development in males and females of the California sea lion (Zalophus ...
Reproductive effort is a key parameter of life history because it measures the resources allocated t...
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the evol...
In a study on size and reproductive behaviour in the southern elephant seal,Mirounga leonina, on Sou...
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the evol...
Environmental conditions experienced in early life affect growth and influence life history strategi...