Wing length and asymmetry of male Tokunagayusurika akamusi chironomid midges using alternative mating tactics

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 498-503

  Takamura, Kenzi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Chironomids; Fluctuating asymmetry; Normal distribution; Outliers; Swarm; Tokunagayusurika akamusi; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TOKUNAGAYUSURIKA AKAMUSI;

EID: 0032694719     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.5.498     Document Type: Article

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