Sexual dimorphism, growth and maturation patterns of Testudo g. graeca in the Central Jbilets, Morocco. — Sexual size dimorphism and the growth and maturation patterns were studied in the Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo g. graeca), in the central Jbilets mountains (western Morocco). The number and width of scute growth annuli were respectively used as indicators of age at sexual maturity and of juvenile growth rates. Males reach their sexual maturity earlier than females but juvenile growth rates do not differ between sexes. Thence, when reaching sexual maturity males are smaller than females. However, important age and size inter-individual variations were observed at maturity. In both sexes, precocious individuals show high j...
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and age structure were investigated in two populations of the newt Cal...
Growth was calculated for the world’s smallest tortoise species, Homopus signatus signatus, by comp...
Two main adaptive hypotheses are invoked for the evolution of SD: sexual selection and natural selec...
Using data for the body size and shell shape of Algerian Testudo graeca, we assessed how proximate c...
Two populations, island and mainland, of promiscuous sexually coercive Hermann tortoises (Testudo he...
Sexual size dimorphism in steppe tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi): growth, maturity, an
Using data from gopher tortoises captured over a 10-yr period in a population in central Florida, we...
Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is widely distributed in western and southern Europe. Most pop...
Sexes in Chelonia display marked differences. Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is important in evolution...
Ectotherms exhibit varying geographic size patterns shaped by environmental and evolutionary factors...
Les dades biomètriques d'una població de tortuga d'aigua ibèrica, Mauremys leprosa (Schweiger, 1812)...
Sexual dimorphism (SD) is a common trait in animals, appearing due to sexual selection, fecundity se...
We processed 40 morphological characteristics of 676 adult Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni) (3...
Hemidactylus turcicus is a small gekkonid lizard native to the Middle East and Asia that is known to...
Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) is a subspecies of Hermann's tortoise (Testu...
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and age structure were investigated in two populations of the newt Cal...
Growth was calculated for the world’s smallest tortoise species, Homopus signatus signatus, by comp...
Two main adaptive hypotheses are invoked for the evolution of SD: sexual selection and natural selec...
Using data for the body size and shell shape of Algerian Testudo graeca, we assessed how proximate c...
Two populations, island and mainland, of promiscuous sexually coercive Hermann tortoises (Testudo he...
Sexual size dimorphism in steppe tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi): growth, maturity, an
Using data from gopher tortoises captured over a 10-yr period in a population in central Florida, we...
Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is widely distributed in western and southern Europe. Most pop...
Sexes in Chelonia display marked differences. Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is important in evolution...
Ectotherms exhibit varying geographic size patterns shaped by environmental and evolutionary factors...
Les dades biomètriques d'una població de tortuga d'aigua ibèrica, Mauremys leprosa (Schweiger, 1812)...
Sexual dimorphism (SD) is a common trait in animals, appearing due to sexual selection, fecundity se...
We processed 40 morphological characteristics of 676 adult Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni) (3...
Hemidactylus turcicus is a small gekkonid lizard native to the Middle East and Asia that is known to...
Eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) is a subspecies of Hermann's tortoise (Testu...
Patterns of sexual dimorphism and age structure were investigated in two populations of the newt Cal...
Growth was calculated for the world’s smallest tortoise species, Homopus signatus signatus, by comp...
Two main adaptive hypotheses are invoked for the evolution of SD: sexual selection and natural selec...