Courting strategies and conflicts in a monogamous, biparental termite

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1415, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Shellman Reeve, J S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Isoptera; Mate choice; Parental investment; Punishment; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TERMITE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HEAD; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 0033593402     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0613     Document Type: Article

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