Confidence of paternity and paternal care: Covariation revealed through the experimental manipulation of the mating system in the beetle Onthophagus taurus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 784-795

  Hunt, J ^a,b   Simmons, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative mating tactics; Confidence of paternity; Onthophagus taurus; Paternal care

Indexed keywords

PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036711713     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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