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Physical Contests for Females in the Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica

We conducted field observations of physical competition for mates, in which a single male attempts to usurp a female from another male, in male Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae). Physical contests for mates were relatively rare, but when they occurred the challeng...

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Autores principales: Kruse, Kipp C., Switzer, Paul V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.007.3401