The effect of sexual size dimorphism on mating behaviour in two dung flies with contrasting dimorphism

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 259-273

  Ding, Alexandre ^a   Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Dung flies; Mating behaviour; Mating system; Scathophaga stercoraria; Sepsis cynipsea; Sexual conflict; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038108331     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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