Differential male mating frequency depending on male number in the migratory locust

Folia Biologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Castro, Antonio Jesús ^a   Pardo, María Cruz ^a   López León, María Dolores ^a   Cabrero, Josefa ^a   Camacho, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Locusta migratoria; Mating frequency; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LOCUST; MATING; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031689391     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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