Male preference of large females and female reproductive condition in the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Saeki, Yoriko ^a   Kruse, Kipp C ^a   Switzer, Paul V ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Coleoptera; Fecundity; Japanese beetles; Male mate choice; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE;

COLEOPTERA; JAPONICA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 13644257857     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/jkes-0312.14.1     Document Type: Article

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