Operational sex ratio versus gender density as determinants of copulation duration in the walnut fly, Rhagoletis juglandis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Alonso Pimentel, Henar ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Density; Mating systems; Rhagoletis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

RHAGOLETIS JUGLANDIS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

COPULATION; DENSITY; SEX RATIO; WALNUT FLY;

EID: 0029659277     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050278     Document Type: Article

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