Plasticity of size and allometry in multiple sexually selected traits in an armed beetle Gnatocerus cornutus

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1339-1351

  Okada, Kensuke ^a   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Condition dependence; Exaggerated trait; Horned beetle

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; HORN; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

COLEOPTERA; GNATHOCERUS CORNUTUS;

EID: 78650015845     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9370-9     Document Type: Article

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