Morph-dependent form of asymmetry in mandibles of the stag beetle Prosopocoilus inclinatus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 684-689

  Okada, Yasukazu ^a   Fujisawa, Hiroaki ^a   Kimura, Yousuke ^a   Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condition dependent asymmetry; Directional asymmetry; Fluctuating asymmetry; Mandibles; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEETLE; DIMORPHISM; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WOOD;

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE; PROSOPOCOILUS INCLINATUS;

EID: 51249101482     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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