Ejaculate size in bushcrickets: The importance of being large

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-325

  Wedell, N ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Nuptial gift; Sexual size dimorphism; Sperm competition; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUSHCRICKET; EJACULATE SIZE; NUPTIAL GIFT; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM; SPERM COMPETITION;

ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0030616352     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050025     Document Type: Article

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