Variation in selection, phenotypic plasticity, and the ecology of sexual size dimorphism in two seed-feeding beetles

Sex, Size and Gender Roles: Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size Dimorphism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fox, Charles W ^a   Stillwell, R Craig ^a   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ejaculate size; Fecundity selection; Fitness; Rensch's rule; Sexual selection; Stator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919961704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208784.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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