Male copulatory sensory stimulation induces female ejection of rival sperm in a damselfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1421, 1999, Pages 779-784

  Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Fertilization; Sensory exploitation; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DAMSELFLY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLY; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPERM;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX HAEMORRHOIDALIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0033594526     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0705     Document Type: Article

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