Sexual dimorphism is associated with population fitness in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-630

  Rankin, Daniel J ^a,c   Arnqvist, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Intralocus conflict; Larval fitness; Mating system; Population density

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EXTINCTION RISK; FITNESS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 40449108479     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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