Male genital traits and mating interval affect male fertilization success in the water strider Gerris lacustris

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Danielsson, Ingela ^a   Askenmo, Conny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Male genital morphology; Mating interval Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence; Sterile male technique

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

GERRIDAE; GERRIS LACUSTRIS; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0032842556     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050604     Document Type: Article

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