Male crickets increase sperm number in relation to competition and female size

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 349-353

  Gage, A R ^a   Barnard, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Crickets; Gryllodes supplicans; Intermale competition; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRICKET; SPERM COMPETITION;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SUPPLICANS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0029659413     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050251     Document Type: Article

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