Alternative reproductive tactics and male-dimorphism in the horned beetle Onthophagus acuminatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-341

  Emlen, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behavior; Horned beetles; Male competition; Male dimorphism; Onthophagus

Indexed keywords

HORNED BEETLE; MALE DIMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS ACUMINATUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0030732376     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050393     Document Type: Article

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