Dispersal and ejaculatory strategies associated with exaggeration of weapon in an armed beetle

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1705-1710

  Yamane, Takashi ^a   Okada, K ^a   Nakayama, Satoshi ^a   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exaggerated trait; Resource allocation; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISPERSAL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

COLEOPTERA; GNATHOCERUS CORNUTUS;

EID: 77953512854     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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