Reproductive competition promotes the evolution of female weaponry

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 2035-2040

  Watson, Nicola L ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female horns; Reproductive competition; Weaponry

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955235696     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2335     Document Type: Article

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