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dc.contributor.author | Tomović, Ljiljana M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ajtić, Rastko D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Aleksić, Ivan D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Djordjević, Sonja | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-27T10:26:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-27T10:26:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010-08-01 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0947-5745 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/188 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Contrary to an increasing number of papers that document sexual dimorphism in size (and/or shape) in adults, studies dealing with sex differences in newborn and juvenile snakes are surprisingly scarce. Data about ontogenetic shifts in sexual dimorphism are generally lacking and hence, it is unclear whether sex differences are set at birth or arise post-natally. In this study, we analyzed patterns of sexual dimorphism in body size, head dimensions and tail length (TL) among newborn, subadult and adult meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii) from the Bjelasica Mt. in Montenegro. Patterns of sexual size dimorphisms differed among traits. There was no significant difference in head dimension of males and females, but adult snakes were sexually dimorphic in body size. Sexual differences in TL were evident since birth but changed in degree throughout ontogeny. Neonate meadow vipers presented highly significant inter-litter variation in the sexual dimorphism of all traits we have measured. Such family effects may have an important influence on extent of inter-sexual differences in snakes and should be included in analyses of sexual dimorphism. © 2009 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Societas Europaea Herpetologica | en_US |
dc.relation | 143040 | en_US |
dc.relation | ‘‘Awards in Herpetology’’ in year 2003 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research | en_US |
dc.subject | Balkans | en_US |
dc.subject | Family effect | en_US |
dc.subject | Ontogeny | en_US |
dc.subject | Sexual dimorphism | en_US |
dc.subject | Snake | en_US |
dc.subject | Vipera ursinii | en_US |
dc.title | When do meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii) become sexually dimorphic? - ontogenetic patterns of sexual size dimorphisms | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00556.x | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-77956119999 | - |
dc.identifier.url | https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77956119999 | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | Article | - |
item.fulltext | No Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | none | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Chair of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Animals | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Chair of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Animals | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-5864-8382 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0003-0458-515X | - |
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