Resource partitioning or reproductive isolation: The ecological role of body size differences among closely related species in sympatry

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Okuzaki, Yutaka ^a   Takami, Yasuoki ^b   Sota, Teiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Reproductive interference; Resource competition; Size ratio

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COPULATION; EARTHWORM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MATE RECOGNITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OHOMOPTERUS;

EID: 77954150690     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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