The influence of environmental quality on sexual selection in Nauphoeta cinerea (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-53

  Clark, Deborah C ^a,b   DeBano, Sandra J ^a   Moore, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; courtship; environmental variation; evolution; mate choice; mating behavior; pheromonal; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

NAUPHOETA CINEREA; BLABERIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030618885     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.46     Document Type: Article

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