Size-dependent precopulatory behavior as mate-securing tactic in the Japanese stag beetle, Prosopocoilus inclinatus (Coleoptera; Lucanidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-102

  Okada, Yasukazu ^a   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behavior; Lucanidae; Male dimorphism; Mating behavior; Stag beetles

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE; PROSOPOCOILUS INCLINATUS; PSEUDOLUCANUS CAPREOLUS;

EID: 23944466114     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-004-0134-2     Document Type: Article

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