Potential causes and life-history consequences of sexual size dimorphism in mammals

By J. Isaac. 2005

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Effects of climate change on life history: implications for extinction risk in mammals (2009, background): “For example, resource scarcity can constrain the growth of males and females differentially in mammals and this can influence the degree of sexual dimorphism, and feed back into mating strategy and system (reviewed in Isaac 2005).”
Sexual selection in females (2009, background): “The presence of secondary sexual characters in females raises important questions about the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for them and for their distribution (Isaac 2005; Clutton-Brock 2007; Kraaijeveld et al. 2007).”
Larval instar as a key element of insect growth schedules (2006, background): “…only the net selection, an outcome of fecundity-, sexual- and viability selection, acting on both sexes and viewed within constraint-based framework may lead to different body sizes of sexes 12 (Shine 1989, Fairbairn 1997, Karubian & Swaddle 2001, Badyaev 2002, Blanckenhorn 2005, Isaac 2005).”
The mating system of the brown bear Ursus arctos (2012, background): “Size and age are correlated with dominance and experience, and probably reflect genetic superiority (Trivers 1972, Shuster & Wade 2003, Isaac 2005, Bellemain et al. 2006b, Zedrosser et al. 2007a).”