• DOI:10.1007/s00265-010-1136-4
Corpus ID: 26046352

Body size and sexual selection in the koala

@article{Ellis2010BodySA,
  title={Body size and sexual selection in the koala},
  author={W. Ellis and F. Bercovitch},
  journal={Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology},
  year={2010},
  volume={65},
  pages={1229-1235}
}

• W. Ellis, F. Bercovitch
• Published 2010
• Biology
• Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Sexual selection is often characterized by polygynous breeding systems, size dimorphism, and skewed operational sex ratios. Koalas are sexually dimorphic in multiple domains, yet are absent from the literature on sexual selection and the structure of their mating system is unclear. We provide the first documentation of the strength of sexual selection in koalas by using microsatellite markers to identify sires. We combine the genetic data with morphological data in order to assess the role of… Expand