Biased primary sex ratio in the bushcricket Poecilimon veluchianus, an insect with sex chromosomes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-194

  Reinhold, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Heterogeneity; Motility; Orthoptera; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

POECILIMON VELUCHIANUS; ORTHOPTERA; PHANEROPTERIDAE;

BUSH CRICKET; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0029659273     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050280     Document Type: Article

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