Horn length is the determining factor in the outcomes of escalated fights among male Japanese horned beetles, Allomyrina dichotoma L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 805-815

  Karino, Kenji ^a   Niiyama, Hisatsugu ^a   Chiba, Mutsumi ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fighting ability; Honest indicator; Horn length; Horned beetles; Male competition

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 29844445458     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-8741-5     Document Type: Article

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