Colour-associated mating success in a polymorphic Ladybird Beetle, Harmonia axyridis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 757-761

  Ueno, H ^a   Sato, Y ^a   Tsuchida, K ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Colour polymorphism; Morph frequency

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; MATING SUCCESS;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 0031647872     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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