Relations between allometry, male-male interactions and dispersal in a sap beetle, Librodor japonicus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 749-755

  Okada, Kensuke ^a   Nomura, Yuta ^a   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

allometry; dispersal; Librodor japonicus; male male interactions; sap beetle; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNEAK COPULATION;

COLEOPTERA; LIBRODOR JAPONICUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 35148822179     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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