The behavioral ecology of threshold evolution in a polyphenic beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 841-854

  Moczek, Armin P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Developmental threshold; Exotic species; Horned beetles; Male male competition; Onthophagus; Polyphenism; Resource competition; Sex ratio evolution; Status dependent selection; Threshold evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 1542416296     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg062     Document Type: Article

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