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sexual size dimorphism: a standalone construct

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sexual sizedimorphism1 CONSTRUCTSexual size dimorphismFAIRBAIRN · ZOOLOGY

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the measured difference in body size between males and females of a species, and how it scales with overall body size across species.

In zoology, sexual size dimorphism refers to the measured difference in body size between males and females of a species, and how it scales with overall body size across species. This meaning comes from Fairbairn (1997) in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[1]

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References

  1. Fairbairn, D. J. (1997). Allometry for Sexual Size Dimorphism: Pattern and Process in the Coevolution of Body Size in Males and Females. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 28(1), 659-687. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.659

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