Relationship between male head size and mating opportunity in the harem-defence, polygynous tree weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Leisnham, Paul T ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mate competition; New Zealand; Sexual dimorphism; Stenopelmatidae; Weta

Indexed keywords

HAREM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA MAORI; ORTHOPTERA; STENOPELMATIDAE; TOR;

EID: 1142297749     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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