Patterns of parental provisioning covary with male morphology in a horned beetle (Onthophagus taurus) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 447-451

  Hunt, John ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Male dimorphisms; Onthophagus; Paternal care

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MALE MORPHOLOGY; PARENTAL PROVISIONING; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0031804560     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050459     Document Type: Article

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