Effect of male body size on sperm precedence in the polyandrous butterfly Pieris napi L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-523

  Bissoondath, Charlene J ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Ejaculate size; Mating frequency; Pieris napi; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MALE BODY SIZE; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM PRECEDENCE;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 0031474661     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.5.518     Document Type: Article

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