Sexual selection and sexual dimorphism in a harem-polygynous insect, the alpine weta (hemideina maori, orthoptera stenopelmatidae)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-402

  Gwynne, D T ^a,b   Jamieson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harem polygyny; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Stenopelmatidae; Wetas

Indexed keywords

HAREM; MATE GUARDING; POLYGYNY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

HEMIDEINA MAORI; ORTHOPTERA; STENOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 0032448099     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1998.9522852     Document Type: Article

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