Determinants of ejaculate size in a grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Reinhardt, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body condition; Chorthippus; Gregarines; Population density; Risk of sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GRASSHOPPER; SPERM COMPETITION;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; GREGARINIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0035181705     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100398     Document Type: Article

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