Partitioning the components of sexual selection: Attractiveness and agonistic behaviour in male wax moths, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Cremer, Sylvia ^a   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; ATTRACTIVENESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALLING; WAX MOTH;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0031936899     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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