Sex-based divergence in head shape and diet in the Eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera)

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-338

  Vincent, Shawn E ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Feeding; Herbivory; Orthoptera; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; ROMALEA GUTTATA; ROMALEA MICROPTERA; SESBANIA HERBACEA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750001987     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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