REVERSED SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM IN MICROTINES - ARE FEMALES LARGER THAN MALES OR ARE MALES SMALLER THAN FEMALES

被引：65

作者：

BONDRUPNIELSEN, S

IMS, RA

机构：

[1] Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, University of Oslo, Oslo 3, N-0316, Blindern

来源：

EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY | 1990年 / 4卷 / 03期

关键词：

cost of locomotion; home range size; mating system; Microtinae; Sexual selection; sexual size dimorphism; territoriality;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02214334

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

We analysed sexual size dimorphism for 21 populations of microtine rodents. Female to male size ratio varied considerably among populations from females significantly larger than males (ratio=1.18) to males larger than females (ratio=0.78). In a multiple regression analysis female to male home range size ratio explained 94% of the total variation in body size dimorphism and was the only one of eight independent variables that was selected in a stepwise regression procedure. When females are the larger sex, males have home range sizes much larger than females. We suggest that the relationship between home range size ratio and body weight size dimorphism reflects different selection pressures on males and females in competition for resources and mates. © 1990 Chapman and Hall Ltd.

引用

页码：261 / 272

页数：12

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