Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1415, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Simmons, L W ^a   Tomkins, J L ^a   Hunt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Dung beetles; Male dimorphism; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPETITION; COPULATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPERM; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ONTHOPHAGUS BINODIS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS;

EID: 0033593548     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0614     Document Type: Article

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