Heritability of three condition surrogates in the yellow dung fly

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 612-618

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Hosken, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Condition capture; Energy reserves; Fluctuating asymmetry; Glycogen; Lipids; Scatophaga stercoraria; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FLY; HERITABILITY; NUTRITION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DIPTERA; INSECTA; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0142031455     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg052     Document Type: Article

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