Adjustment of parental investment in the dung beetle Onthophagus atripennis (Col., Scarabaeidae)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1239-1245

  Kishi, Shigeki ^a   Nishida, Takayoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33751215207     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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