Coercive mating, fluctuating asymmetry and male mating success in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 737-741

  Allen, Geoff R ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEPSIS CYNIPSEA; DIPTERA; SEPSIDAE;

DUNG FLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATE GUARDING; MATING SUCCESS;

EID: 0030251204     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0218     Document Type: Article

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