Sperm protection and mate assessment in the bushcricket Coptaspis sp. 2

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-363

  Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; INSECT; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

COPTASPIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0032143080     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0834     Document Type: Article

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