Different environments lead to a reversal in the expression of weapons and testes in the heliconia bug, Leptoscelis tricolor (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 802-809

  Somjee, Ummat ^a   Allen, Pablo E ^a   Miller, Christine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile development; Phenotypic plasticity; Post copulatory traits; Pre copulatory traits; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HOST PLANT; INSECT; JUVENILE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

COREIDAE; HELICONIA; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 84948380431     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12544     Document Type: Article

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