Male horn dimorphism in the scarab beetle, Onthophagus taurus: Do alternative reproductive tactics favour alternative phenotypes?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 459-466

  Moczek, Armin P ^a,b   Emlen, Douglas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIMORPHISM; FIGHTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0033845113     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1342     Document Type: Article

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