Nutritional condition influences investment by male katydids in nuptial food gifts

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Jia, Zhiyun ^a   Jiang, Zhigang ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gampsocleis gratiosa; Katydids; Nuptial food gifts; Sexual selection; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033998422     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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