Female control of sperm transfer and intraspecific variation in sperm precedence: Antecedents to the evolution of a courtship food gift

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 694-703

  Sakaluk, Scott K ^a   Eggert, Anne Katrin ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Courtship feeding; Crickets; Gryllodes sigillatus; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP FEEDING; DECORATED CRICKET; SPERM COMPETITION;

GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0029730868     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03879.x     Document Type: Article

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