Allometry and proximate mechanisms of sexual selection in Photinus fireflies, and some other beetles

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-249

  Vencl, Fredric V ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS MACDERMOTTI; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 4444292828     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.3.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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