Sexual selection and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the water strider, Aquarius remigis

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1549-1559

  Fairbairn, Daphne J ^a   Preziosi, Richard F ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Gerridae; mating success; selection gradients; sexual selection; sexual size dimorphism; wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATING SUCCESS; SELECTION GRADIENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM; WATER STRIDER; WING DIMORPHISM;

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0029660869     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03927.x     Document Type: Article

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