Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Simmons, L W ^a   Tomkins, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermaptera; Display; Positive allometry; Secondary sexual traits

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; EARWIG FORCEP; POSITIVE ALLOMETRY; SECONDARY SEXUAL TRAIT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DERMAPTERA;

EID: 0029668357     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239350     Document Type: Article

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