2 published verifications about Sexual Size Dimorphism Sexual Size Dimorphism ×
“The publication by Lovich and Gibbons from 1992 is the best reference for analyzing sexual size dimorphism.”
The evidence supports Lovich and Gibbons (1992) as a classic, influential reference, but not as the uniquely best one. Reviews and later studies treat it as a standard starting point for measuring sexual size dimorphism while also recognizing alternative metrics and later refinements. The claim therefore overstates the paper’s standing relative to the broader methodological literature.
“Fairbairn (1997) is a widely cited methodological reference for measuring sexual size dimorphism.”
The literature supports this characterization. Fairbairn (1997) is widely cited across peer-reviewed studies as a methodological reference for analyzing sexual size dimorphism, particularly in allometric comparisons. The main caveat is that some papers attribute a specific SSD index formula to Lovich and Gibbons (1992), so Fairbairn is better understood as a broad analytical framework reference than the canonical formula source.