The relationship between male head size and harem size in the sexually dimorphic mountain stone weta Hemideina maori

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine; Anostostomatidae; Mate competition; Orthoptera; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Stenopelmatidae; Tree weta

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HAREM; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA MAORI; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; STENOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 0036122764     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6946.2001.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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