Influences of sex, size, and symmetry on ejaculate expenditure in a moth

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 592-597

  Gage, Matthew J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Bursa; Ejaculate; Eupyrene; Plodia interpunctella; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0031760248     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.6.592     Document Type: Article

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