Courtship feeding in tree crickets increases insemination and female reproductive life span

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1369-1382

  Brown, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP FEEDING; FECUNDITY; INSEMINATION; REPRODUCTION; TREE CRICKET;

GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031458052     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0541     Document Type: Article

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