Effects of mating history on ejaculate size, fecundity, longevity, and copulation duration in the ant-tended lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 119-128

  Hughes, Lesley ^a,c   Chang, Belinda Siew Woon ^a,b   Wagner, Diane ^b,d   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Ejaculate size; Explosive mating system; Lepidoptera; Mating history

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM;

AUSTRALIA;

JALMENUS EVAGORAS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 0034006718     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050002     Document Type: Article

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