Costs of elaborate weapons in a rhinoceros beetle: How difficult is it to fly with a big horn?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1042-1048

  McCullough, Erin L ^a   Weingarden, Paul R ^a   Emlen, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

compensations; costs; flight; horns; rhinoceros beetles; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPENSATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HORN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; WING;

COLEOPTERA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; TRYPOXYLUS DICHOTOMUS;

EID: 84865728427     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars069     Document Type: Article

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