Heritability of male mandible length in the stag beetle Cyclommatus metallifer

Entomological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-433

  Gotoh, Hiroki ^a   Fukaya, Keiichi ^a   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exaggerated morphology; Lucanidae; Static allometry; Weapon trait

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LUCANIDAE;

EID: 84867217367     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2012.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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