Mating frequency increases somatic condition but not productivity in Locusta migratoria females

Hereditas

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Castro, A J ^a   Pardo, M C ^a   Lopez Leon M D ^a   Cabrero, J ^a   Camacho, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; LOCUST; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY;

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0030912856     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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