Variation and repeatability of courtship song characters among wild-caught and laboratory-reared Drosophila montana and D. littoralis Males (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Hoikkala, Anneli ^a   Isoherranen, Eija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Courtship songs; Drosophila; Good genes; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA LITTORALIS; DROSOPHILA MONTANA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0030793331     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765552     Document Type: Article

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