Adaptive divergence of scaling relationships mediates the arms race between a weevil and its host plant

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-542

  Toju, Hirokazu ^a   Sota, Teiji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Arms race; Coevolution; Exaggeration; Geographical mosaic; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; ARMS RACE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCALE EFFECT; SEED PREDATION;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; WEEVIL;

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA JAPONICA; CURCULIO CAMELLIAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845574029     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0514     Document Type: Article

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