Variation and consistency of female preferences for simulated courtship songs in Drosophila virilis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 619-625

  Isoherranen, Eija ^a   Aspi, Jouni ^a   Hoikkala, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; SONG;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS;

EID: 0033104527     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0981     Document Type: Article

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