Nuptial feeding by male bushcrickets: An indicator of male quality?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Simmons, L W ^a   Beesley, L ^a   Lindhjem, P ^a   Newbound, D ^a   Norris, J ^a   Wayne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushcrickets; Fluctuating asymmetry; Male quality; Mate choice; Nuptial feeding; Parental investment; Requena verticalis

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; REQUENA VERTICALIS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0032971390     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.263     Document Type: Article

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