Ornaments in the Diptera

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-164

  Sivinski, John ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms races; Female mate choice; Sexual selection; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA;

EID: 0030811746     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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