Male mating success in the presence of a conspecific opponent in a madagascar hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 877-888

  Clark, Deborah Campero ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS;

BLABERIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA;

EID: 0031752078     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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