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ArticleCurrent zoology2026

Elevational patterns of sexual size dimorphism in a Mediterranean lizard.

Mar Comas, Senda Reguera, Francisco J Zamora-Camacho, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

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Article in Current zoology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mar ComasDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2760-9321
Senda RegueraIES Don Pelayo, Joaquín Sorolla, s/n, E-28810 Los Hueros, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3867-9210
Francisco J Zamora-CamachoDepartamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Área de Zoología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/Valentín Andrés Álvarez s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-347X
Gregorio Moreno-RuedaDepartamento de Zoología, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-7215

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Abstract

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD), typically the result of different optimal body sizes for males and females, shows an enormous inter- and intraspecific variation. Lizards have become a model in the study of SSD, as they show either monomorphism, male- or female-biased SSD. Variations in the strength of intrasexual selection (assumed to favor larger body size in males) and fecundity selection (assumed to favor larger body size in females) are usually considered the main reasons for variation in SSD. Here, we take advantage of a 2,200 m elevational gradient for studying the elevational variation in SSD in the Mediterranean lizard

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age structurefecundity selectionsexual selection

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PMCPMC13045821

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