Artículo
Rensch's Rule in Dichroplus pratensis : a Reply to Wolak
Fecha de publicación:
12/2008
Editorial:
Entomological Society of America
Revista:
Annals of the Entomologycal Society of America
ISSN:
0013-8746
e-ISSN:
1938-2901
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The critique of our paper (Bidau and Martí 2007) by Wolak (2008) is based on two premises: 1) a misinterpretation of Rensch's rule definition and 2) the statistical methodology. Regarding point 1, we do not agree. Rensch (1950) described an interspecific pattern by which, in phylogenetically related species (he used as examples, mammals, birds, and carabid beetles), sexual size dimorphism (SSD) increases with the increase of general body size: “...the rule is valid that in numerous animal groups the sexual dimorphism increases with body size” (Webb and Freckleton 2007, also see Reiss 1989, p. 117). Also, in a review of contemporary bird literature (Anonymous 1951) the following commentary was made on the paper by Rensch (1950): “Animals of large size show relatively greater sexual dimorphism than do closely related animals of smaller size.”
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ECOLOGICAL RULES
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Citación
Bidau, Claudio Juan; Marti, Dardo Andrea; Rensch's Rule in Dichroplus pratensis : a Reply to Wolak; Entomological Society of America; Annals of the Entomologycal Society of America; 101; 5; 12-2008; 802-803
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