Developmental costs of male sexual traits in the water strider Rheumatobates rileyi

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 917-922

  Westlake, Kathleen P ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION;

GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; RHEUMATOBATES RILEYI;

EID: 0033306633     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-6-917     Document Type: Article

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