Does flight ability differ among male morphs of the Japanese horned beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae)?

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Hongo, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alternative reproductive tactics; flight ability; Japanese horned beetle; male dimorphism; predation pressure

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX URALENSIS; TRYPOXYLUS DICHOTOMUS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 78650122896     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2010.502322     Document Type: Article

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