Sexual conflict and the energetic costs of mating and mate choice in water striders

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-58

  Watson, Paul J ^a   Arnqvist, Göran ^b   Stallmann, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energetics; Gerridae; Mate choice; Respirometry; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031914579     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286101     Document Type: Article

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