Climate shapes patterns of sexual size and shape dimorphism across the native range of the green anole lizard,Anolis carolinensis(Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Author:

Toyama Ken S1ORCID,Mahler D Luke1,Goodman Rachel M2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto , ON , Canada M5S 3B2

2. Biology Department, Hampden-Sydney College , Hampden-Sydney, VA , USA

Abstract

AbstractGeographical variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) can result from the combined effects of environmental and sexual selection. To understand the determinants of SSD across geographical landscapes, we tested for relationships between SSD and climatic variables in the widespread lizard Anolis carolinensis. To distinguish alternative hypotheses for observed patterns of variation in SSD, we also examined sex-specific patterns of body size evolution and asked whether SSD was associated with certain patterns of sexual shape dimorphism. We found strong evidence for Rensch’s rule (an increase in male-biased SSD with average body size) in A. carolinensis and evidence for the reversed version of Bergmann’s rule (an increase in body size towards warmer environments) in males. Across populations, SSD was positively related to temperature; however, female body size was not related to any climatic variable, suggesting that the latitudinal gradient of SSD might be driven by a gradient in the intensity of sexual selection acting on males. Sexual size dimorphism was positively correlated with sexual dimorphism in head shape and negatively correlated with limb length dimorphism, suggesting that sexual selection in males might drive the evolution of SSD and that differences in size and limb shape between sexes might represent alternative strategies to avoid competition for the same resources.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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