Female mate assessment tactics in a subsocial desert beetle: A test of janetos’ models

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-240

  Anne, O ^a   Rasa, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Female choice; Janetos models; Mate assessment; Tactics

Indexed keywords

DESERT BEETLE; MATE CHOICE;

COLEOPTERA; PARASTIZOPUS; PARASTIZOPUS ARMATICEPS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0030666014     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522883     Document Type: Article

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