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Kurtosis and skew show longer males in Centrobolus
- Source :
- Arthropods, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 21-26 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2020.
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Abstract
- Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) in the diplopod genus Centrobolus has a positive correlation with body size. Length, width and rings are the main components of interspecific variation in diplopod species. Interspecific variation in size was calculated in 6 species and data sets tested for skewness and kurtosis. 28 values were positively skew and had positive kurtosis while 8 were negatively skew and 4 had negative kurtosis. In 6 cases width was positively skewed and in four cases it was negatively skewed. Length was positively skewed in all 6 species except C. titanophilus. Longer males were thought to have increased reproductive success through female preference for larger size when there was size assortative mating behaviour.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22244255
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Arthropods
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.84a6255d33ad4e18b470f9162e4f3886
- Document Type :
- article