Rensch’s Rule Crosses the Line: Convergent Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Hummingbirds and Flower Mites

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2000-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/303406PMID 29587514
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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