Fluctuating asymmetry and sperm transfer in male decorated field crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-292

  Farmer, D C ^a   Barnard, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Fluctuating asymmetry; Gryllodes sigillatus; Mate choice; Sperm; Spermatophylax

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOPHORE;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034085071     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050668     Document Type: Article

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