Sexual selection and female choice in mole crickets (Scapteriscus: Gryllotalpidae): Modelling the effects of intensity and male spacing

Bioacoustics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 93-109

  Forrest, T G ^a   Green, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE SELECTION; MOLE CRICKET; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GRYLLOTALPIDAE; SCAPTERISCUS;

EID: 0026296574     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1991.9753166     Document Type: Article

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