Body size influences mating success of the eucalyptus longhorned borer (coleoptera: cerambycidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-382

  Hanks, Lawrence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative mating; Body size; Cerambycidae; Insect; Male competition; Mating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000401724     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02214016     Document Type: Article

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