A quantitative analysis of geographic color variation in two Geotrupes dung beetles

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-358

  Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Tanigaki, Taketo ^a   Nishi, Hirotaka ^a   Ushimaru, Atushi ^a   Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color measurement; Dung beetle; Geographic color rariation; Reflectance spectra; Sexdifference

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMETRY; COLOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMETRY; COLOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035983647     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.351     Document Type: Article

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