Correlates of ball size and rolling speed in the dung beetle Kheper nigroaeneus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-487

  Tomkins, Joseph L ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Knell, Robert J ^b   Norris, Keith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body size; Developmental instability; Dung beetle; Fluctuating asymmetry; Performance

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEETLE; BODY CONDITION;

COLEOPTERA; KHEPER NIGROAENEUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0033179798     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999008079     Document Type: Article

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