[PDF][PDF] A Study on Centrobolus titanophilus Size Dimorphism Shows Width-Based Variability

M Cooper - New Visions in Biological Science, 2022 - researchgate.net
The present research aimed to study the sexual size dimorphism of Centrobolus
titanophilus. Diplopoda illustrated reversed sexual size dimorphism (SSD) where one sex …

[PDF][PDF] Centrobolus silvanus dimorphism based on tergite width

M Cooper - Global Journal of Zoology, 2018 - veteringroup.us
The forest genus Centrobolus of diplopoda belonging to the Order Spirobolida is distributed
along the eastern coast of southern Africa. Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) can be explained …

[PDF][PDF] Centrobolus sagatinus sexual size dimorphism based on differences in horizontal tergite widths

M Cooper - Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2018 - researchgate.net
The forest genus Centrobolus of millipedes belonging to the Order Spirobolida is distributed
along the eastern coast of southern Africa. Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) can be explained …

[PDF][PDF] Centrobolus titanophilus size dimorphism shows width-based variability

M Cooper - Arthropods, 2019 - iaees.org
The present research aimed to study the sexual size dimorphism of Centrobolus
titanophilus. Diplopoda illustrated reversed sexual size dimorphism (SSD) where one sex …

[PDF][PDF] Lawrence's red millipede Centrobolus lawrencei shows length-based variability and size dimorphism

MI Cooper - Studies of behavioural ecology of Centrobolus …, 1995 - researchgate.net
The present research aimed to study the sexual size dimorphism of Centrobolus lawrencei
previously thought to be monomorphic. Diplopoda illustrated reversed sexual size …

Bergmann's and Rensch's rules and the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)

YL Werner, N Korolker, G Sion… - Biological Journal of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Body size is an ecologically important variable in animals. The geographical size variation of
most snakes and some lizards counters Bergmann's rule in that, among related taxa, the …

A brief review of morphological variation in Natrix tessellata in Israel: between sides, among individuals, between sexes, and among regions

YL Werner, T Shapira - Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2011 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
After introducing the distribution and biology of Natrix tessellata in Israel, on the southern
edge of its range, we address its intraspecific variation from the literature and examination of …

The body size, age structure, and growth of Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802)

N ÜZÜM, C Ilgaz, Y KUMLUTAŞ… - Turkish Journal of …, 2014 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Using skeletochronology, the age structure of a breeding population portion of
Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802) from the southeast of Turkey was studied for the …

Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in monitor lizards: males grow for a longer period, but not at a faster rate

D Frynta, P Frýdlová, J Hnízdo, O Šimková… - Zoological science, 2010 - BioOne
Monitor lizards belong to the largest and the most sexually dimorphic lizards in terms of size,
making this group an ideal model for studies analyzing ontogenetic causes of sexual …

Beyond size dimorphism: the past, present, and future of Rensch's Rule

KS Toyama - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Abstract 'Rensch's Rule'is known as a pattern of allometry in which the degree of male-
biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD) increases with species body size. Over the last …