Sexual selection in dung beetles. II. female fecundity as an estimate of male reproductive success in relation to horn size, and alternative behavioral strategies in onthophagus-binodis thunberg (scarabaeidae: Onthophagini)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 521-532

  Cook, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DUNG BEETLE; FECUNDITY; HORN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0024184563     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9880521     Document Type: Article

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