Copulatory sequences and sexual struggles in millipedes

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-230

  Cooper, Mark I ^a,c   Telford, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mating; Millipede; Prolonged copulation; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

CENTROBOLUS INSCRIPTUS; CENTROBOLUS RUBER;

EID: 0034098277     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007736214299     Document Type: Article

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