Male pioneering as a mating strategy: The case of the beetle Maladera matrida

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-394

  Harari, Ally R ^a,b   Ben Yakir, David ^b   Rosen, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Male pioneering; Mating behaviour; Plant volatiles; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTANDRY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0033662624     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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