Geographic variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism of a seed-feeding beetle

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-369

  Stillwell, R Craig ^a   Morse, Geoffrey E ^b   Fox, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Latitudinal clines; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BEETLE; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; LEGUME; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEXICO; RAIN; SEASONS; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; STATOR LIMBATUS;

EID: 34548169601     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520118     Document Type: Article

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