Linear and threshold-dependent expression of secondary sexual traits in the same individual: Insights from a horned beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-480

  Moczek, Armin P ^a,d   Brühl, Garsten A ^b   Krell, Frank Thorsten ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Developmental constraint; Developmental tradeoff; Onthophagus; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; HORN; ORNAMENTATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRADE-OFF;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 10344266494     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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