Differences in male courtship song among the species of the quinaria group of Drosophila

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-246

  Neems, Rachel M ^a   Dooher, Kevin ^a   Butlin, Roger K ^a   Shorrocks, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship song; Drosophila; Reproductive character displacement

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA KUNTZEI; DROSOPHILA LIMBATA; DROSOPHILA PHALERATA; DROSOPHILA TRANSVERSA; QUINARIA GROUP;

EID: 0030741415     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765556     Document Type: Article

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