Conditional expression of a sexually selected trait in the stalk-eyed fly Diasemopsis aethiopica

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Knell, R J ^a   Fruhauf, N ^b   Norris, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Conditional expression; Diasemopsis aethiopica; Diet quality; Diopsidae; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DIASEMOPSIS AETHIOPICA; DIOPSIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032824481     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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