Female encounter rates and fighting costs of males are associated with lek size in Drosophila mycetophaga

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Aspi, Jouni ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Drosophila; Ideal free distribution; Lek behavior; Mating ecology

Indexed keywords

ENCOUNTER RATE; FIGHTING; LEKKING; MATE COMPETITION; MATING SUCCESS;

AUSTRALIA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MYCETOPHAGA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0031921803     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050427     Document Type: Article

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