Sexual selection in moths: The role of chemical communication

Biological Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-135

  Svensson, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MATING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0030025651     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1996.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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