Courtship reduces longevity of male Drosophila melanogaster

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-278

  Cordts, Rüdiger ^a   Partridge, Linda ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

COURTSHIP; LIFE SPAN;

EID: 0030201369     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0172     Document Type: Article

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