Ectoparasites do not affect ejaculate volume in the dragonfly Coenagrion puella

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-319

  Rolff, Jens ^a,c   Braune, Pia ^a,b   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parasite mediated sexual selection; Sperm competition; Water mites

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ACARI; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COENAGRION PUELLA; COENAGRIONIDAE; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA;

EID: 0035670323     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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