Polyandry and enhanced reproductive success in the harlequin-beetle-riding pseudoscorpion

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Zeh, Jeanne A ^a,b  

^a University of Houston ^*  (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordylochernes scorpioides; Genetic incompatibility; Polyandry; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Pseudoscorpion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030912803     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050323     Document Type: Article

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