Adaptive female choice far middle-aged mates in a lekking sandfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1444, 2000, Pages 681-686

  Jones, T M ^a,b   Balmford, A ^c   Quinnell, R J ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female choice; Lekking; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Male age; Male mating sucess

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS;

EID: 0034616161     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1056     Document Type: Article

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