Body size, male aggression, and male mating success in the cottonwood borer, Plectrodera scalator (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 719-727

  Goldsmith, Steven K ^a,c   Stewart, Zoe ^a   Adams, Stacie ^a   Trimble, Angela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; Body size; Cerambycidae; mating success; mating system; Plectrodera scalator

Indexed keywords

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PLECTRODERA; PLECTRODERA SCALATOR; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 0030465887     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213552     Document Type: Article

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