Variations in sperm number in relation to larval crowding and spermatophore size in the armyworm, Pseudaletia separata

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  He, Yibin ^b   Miyata, Tadashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

apyrene sperm; eupyrene sperm; larval crowding; Pseudaletia separata; sperm competition; spermatophore size

Indexed keywords

PSEUDALETIA SEPARATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

LARVAL CROWDING; ORIENTAL ARMYWORM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM NUMBER; SPERMATOPHORE SIZE;

EID: 0031051684     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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