Male butterfly investment in successive ejaculates in relation to mating system

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 285-292

  Bissoondath, Charlene J ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Investment strategies; Mating frequency; Pieridae; Protein; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

APORIA CRATAEGI; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0030453484     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050291     Document Type: Article

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