Female choice and manipulations of forceps size and symmetry in the earwig Forficula auricularia L.

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 347-356

  Tomkins, Joseph L ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AURICULARIA; DERMAPTERA; FORFICULA; FORFICULA AURICULARIA; FORFICULIDAE;

EID: 0032142833     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0838     Document Type: Article

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