Patterns of species assemblages and geographical distributions associated with mandible size differences in coastal tiger beetles in Japan

Population Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Satoh, Aya ^a   Uéda, Tetsuyuki ^b   Enokido, Yoshihiro ^c   Hori, Michio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishikawa Agricultural College   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Sch for the Deaf and Dumb   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Character displacement; Cicindela; Size assortment

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0344531481     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-003-0141-0     Document Type: Article

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