Morphological patterns of sexual selection in the diving beetle Graphoderus liberus

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 891-901

  Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht ^a   Alarie, Yves ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Condition dependence; Genitalia; Insects

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; GRAPHODERUS LIBERUS; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 33746534311     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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