Mating behaviour and sexual size dimorphism in Scathophaga inquinata

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Otronen, Merja ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNG FLY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NATING BEHAVIOUR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA INQUINATA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 0031423846     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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