Sperm storage in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria: Identifying the sperm of competing males in separate female spermathecae

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 844-854

  Otronen, Merja ^a   Reguera, Piedad ^a   Ward, Paul I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; MALE BEHAVIOUR; MORPHOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM STORAGE; YELLOW DUNG FLY;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0030841478     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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