Antagonistic pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection on male body size in a water strider (Gerris lacustris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1462, 2001, Pages 77-81

  Danielsson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertilization success; Male body size; Mating success; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HETEROPTERA; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; GERRIDAE; GERRIS LACUSTRIS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HETEROPTERA; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035819318     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1332     Document Type: Article

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