Female mate choice for large males in several species of seaweed fly (Diptera: Coelopidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Crean, Caroline S ^a   Dunn, Derek W ^a   Day, Thomas H ^b   Gilburn, André S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COELOPA FRIGIDA; COELOPIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0033957079     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1268     Document Type: Article

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