Size-specific defensive structures in a horned weevil confirm a classic battle plan: Avoid fights with larger opponents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1448, 2000, Pages 1129-1134

  Eberhard, William G ^a   Garcia C , J Mauricio ^a   Lobo, Jorge ^a  

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Author keywords

Allometry; Beetle horns; Weapons; Weevils

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FIGHTING; MORPHOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HORN; MALE; MALE BREAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PARISOSCHOENUS; PARISOSCHOENUS EXPOSITUS;

EID: 0034616819     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1118     Document Type: Article

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