Physiological bases of genetic differences in cannibalism behavior of the confused flour beetle tribolium confusum

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 797-806

  Giray, Tugrul ^a,b   Luyten, Yvette A ^a   Macpherson, Max ^a   Stevens, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Locomotor activity; Nutrition; Physiology of behavior; Respiratory metabolism; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION;

COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0035012104     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00815.x     Document Type: Article

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