Horn polyphenism in the beetle Onthophagus taurus: Larval diet quality and plasticity in parental investment determine adult body size and male horn morphology

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 636-641

  Moczek, Armin Philipp ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative phenotypes; Facultative parental investment; Onthophagus; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD QUALITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0031760405     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.6.636     Document Type: Article

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