Integrating Development with Evolution:A Case Study with Beetle Horns

By D. Emlen. 2000

113 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Social Psychology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. R. Knell
2. Armin P. Moczek
3. S. Lailvaux
4. D. Emlen
5. J. Conner
6. J. Hunt
7. Joanne C. Pomfret
8. H. Brockmann

In Genetics

1. Armin P. Moczek
2. J. Conner
3. R. Knell
4. Joanne C. Pomfret
5. H. Brockmann
6. J. Hunt
7. Leigh W. Simmons
8. D. Emlen

In Social Psychology

1. Armin P. Moczek
2. J. Conner
3. R. Knell
4. Joanne C. Pomfret
5. H. Brockmann
6. Leigh W. Simmons
7. S. Lailvaux
8. J. Hathway

Citations in the corpus

• Sexual selection and horn allometry in the dung beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (2006, background): “In many species of Onthophagus beetles, males use alternative mating strategies, with small males ‘sneaking’ and large males guarding females (Cook 1990; Emlen 1994, 1997, 2000; Hunt & Simmons 1997; Moczek & Emlen 1999).”
• Horn size predicts physical performance in the beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (2005, background): “Work on Horned Dung Beetles over the last 15 years has provided important insights into the evolution of alternative mating strategies (Cooke 1990; Emlen 1994, 1997; Moczek & Emlen 2000; Hunt & Simmons 2001), the importance of sperm competition (Simmons, Tomkins & Hunt 1999; Tomkins & Simmons 2000; ”
• The Evolution of Animal Weapons (2008, background): “In most species, fighting dung beetles brace themselves inside tunnels and use their horns to block passage of rival males into the tunnel, as well as to twist, pry, or otherwise dislodge opponents—all functions of horns that appear to derive in part from the confined nature of the tunnels, and sugg”
• ARTIFICIAL SELECTION: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ECOLOGISTS (2003, background): “Smaller males have little or no horns, and use stealth or other nonaggressive tactics to obtain mates, while large males use their horns in intermale combat (e.g., Eberhard 1982, Emlen 2000).”
• Threshold evolution in exotic populations of a polyphenic beetle (2002, background): “…regained attention from evolutionary biologists (e.g. Schmalhausen, 1949; Hazel and West, 1982; West-Eberhard, 1989, 1992; Kingsolver, 1995; Emlen, 1996, 2000; Roff, 1996; Zera and Denno, 1997; Hazel et al., 1998; Schlichting and Pigliucci, 1998; Lively et al., 1999; Nijhout, 1999;…”
• The evolution of alternative strategies and tactics (2001, background): “Emlen (2000b) has shown that differences in the size of larval male dung beetles are associated with differences in the levels of juvenile hormone (JH) that are present during a 30-h window just prior to pupation.”
• The behavioral ecology of threshold evolution in a polyphenic beetle (2003, background): “In fights between similar-sized males, the possession of long horns clearly increases a male’s chances of winning a fight (Emlen, 1997; Moczek and Emlen, 2000).”