Intrasexually selected weapons

A Rico‐Guevara, KJ Hurme - Biological Reviews, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
We propose a practical concept that distinguishes the particular kind of weaponry that has
evolved to be used in combat between individuals of the same species and sex, which we …

Genomic evidence for homoploid hybrid speciation in a marine mammal apex predator

F Lopes, LR Oliveira, Y Beux, A Kessler… - Science …, 2023‏ - science.org
Hybridization is widespread and constitutes an important source of genetic variability and
evolution. In animals, its role in generating novel and independent lineages (hybrid …

Evidence of a genetic bottleneck in an El Niño affected population of South American fur seals, Arctocephalus australis

LR De Oliveira, D Meyer, J Hoffman… - Journal of the Marine …, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
The South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis, was one of the earliest otariid seals to
be exploited by humans: at least 6000 years ago on the Atlantic coast and 4000 on the …

Early evolution of sexual dimorphism and polygyny in Pinnipedia

TM Cullen, D Fraser, N Rybczynski… - …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Sexual selection is one of the earliest areas of interest in evolutionary biology. And yet, the
evolutionary history of sexually dimorphic traits remains poorly characterized for most …

Skull allometry and sexual dimorphism in the ontogeny of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

BA Tarnawski, GH Cassini… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina (L., 1758)) is one of the most dimorphic
mammals, but sexual dimorphism in its skull ontogeny is poorly known. We study ontogeny …

Taxonomic status of two subspecies of South American fur seals: Arctocephalus australis australis vs. A. a. gracilis.

LR Oliveira, RL Brownell - Marine Mammal Science, 2014‏ - search.ebscohost.com
The article reports on two subspecies of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis).
This nominal species was originally described from a specimen collected from the Falkland …

[HTML][HTML] Temporada reproductiva del lobo fino austral, Arctocephalus australis (Zimmerman, 1783) en la Isla Guafo, Chiloé, Chile

HJ Pavés, RP Schlatter - Revista chilena de historia natural, 2008‏ - SciELO Chile
RESUMEN A lo largo del litoral sudamericano se registran ejemplares del lobo fino austral
(Arctocephalus australis), especie que al establecerse en una amplia área de distribución …

Breeding season of the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis, Otariidae: Carnivora): New data for establishing independent evolutionary histories?

HJ Pavés, RP Schlatter, V Franco-Trecu, E Páez… - 2016‏ - ri.conicet.gov.ar
El lobo fino Sudamericano (SAFS) se distribuye desde Perú hasta Uruguay. Sin embargo,
existe un área de 2,300 km a lo largo de la costa de Chile donde no se registran ejemplares …

[PDF][PDF] First report of a South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) in Mexico

F Villegas-Zurita… - Aquatic …, 2016‏ - aquaticmammalsjournal.org
Individuals of several pinniped species have been reported hundreds or thousands of
kilometers beyond the traditional limits of their breeding and foraging areas (Reeves et al …

Morphological and genetic evidence for two evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) in the South American fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella

LR de Oliveira, JI Hoffman, E Hingst-Zaher… - Conservation …, 2008‏ - Springer
Abstract The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) is widely distributed,
occurring along both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of South America. Previous work …