Effects of female and male size on female mating and remating decisions in a bean beetle

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-343

  Harano, Tomohiro ^a,b   Sato, Noriaki ^a   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus chinensis; Female body size; Female choice; Male body size; Seed beetle; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; VIGNA ANGULARIS;

EID: 84865427470     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-012-0331-3     Document Type: Article

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