Delayed mating and its cost to female reproduction in the butterfly, Eurema hecabe

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Hiroki, Masato ^a,b   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUREMA HECABE;

EID: 0031392589     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769392     Document Type: Article

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