Cost of evolving exaggerated mandibles in stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-461

  Kawano, Kazuo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Evolutionary cost; Functional cost; Lucanidae; Mandibles; Morphological cost

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE;

ALLOMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY COST; FUNCTIONAL COST; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGICAL COST; STAG BEETLE;

EID: 0031431443     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.4.453     Document Type: Article

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