Sexual selection on accessory glands, genitalia and protarsal pads in the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Fairn, Evan R ^a   Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^a   Alarie, Yves ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; COPULATION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; DINEUTUS NIGRIOR; GYRINIDAE;

EID: 33847158255     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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