Male density, female density and inter-sexual conflict in a stream- dwelling insect

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 929-939

  Lauer, Michael J ^a   Sih, Andrew ^b   Krupa, James J ^b  

^a Viterbo College   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; INSECTA; GERIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

ENCOUNTER RATE; HARASSMENT; MATING BEHAVIOUR; WATER STRIDER;

EID: 0030274195     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0241     Document Type: Article

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