Sexual dimorphism, fighting success and mating tactics of male Onymacris plana Peringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1003-1019

  Enders, Margit M ^a   Schüle, Holger ^a   Henschel, Joh R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

COLEOPTERA; ONYMACRIS; ONYMACRIS PLANA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0032414132     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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