Mate preference for novel partners in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-475

  Bateman, Philip W ^a  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gryllidae; Gryllus bimaculatus; Mate choice; Multiple mating; Novel mates

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031787299     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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