Lifetime reproductive success in a swarming midge: Trade-offs and stabilizing selection for male body size

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-286

  Neems, Rachel M ^a,b   Lazarus, John ^a   McLachlan, Athol J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Chironomus plumosus; Lifetime reproductive success; Mating success; Midge; Sexual selection; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MIDGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SWARM SIZE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031840265     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.3.279     Document Type: Article

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