Sexual selection mediated by the thermoregulatory effects of male colour pattern in the ambush bug Phymata americana

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1634, 2008, Pages 483-492

  Punzalan, David ^a,b   Rodd, F Helen ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour pattern; Mate searching; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; INSECT; MALE; MATE LOCATION; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION; VISUAL CUE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ILLUMINATION; INSECT; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYMATA AMERICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; THERMOREGULATION;

PHYMATA AMERICANA; PHYMATIDAE;

EID: 38549137296     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1585     Document Type: Article

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