Sexual selection and male aggression of Nadezhdiella cantori (Hope) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in relation to body size

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 657-661

  Wang, Qiao ^a   Zeng, Wenyu ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Male aggression; Mating success; Nadezhdiella cantori; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

CERAMBYCIDAE; CERAMBYCINAE; CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NADEZHDIELLA CANTORI;

EID: 4844220711     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.657     Document Type: Article

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