Mate discrimination by females in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis: The influence of male size on attractiveness to females

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Beeler, Andria E ^a   Rauter, Claudia M ^b   Moore, Allen J ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Parental care; Pheromone; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATE CHOICE; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS ORBICOLLIS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0036121349     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.0371a.x     Document Type: Article

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