Size-assortative mating, male choice and female choice in the curculionid beetle Diaprepes abbreviatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1191-1200

  Harari, Ally R ^a,b   Handler, Alfred M ^a   Landolt, Peter J ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

FLORDIA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS;

EID: 0033428122     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1257     Document Type: Article

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