Natural variation in female mating frequency in a polyandrous butterfly: Effects of size and age

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-54

  Bergström, Jonas ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a   Kaitala, Arja ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; POLYANDRY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 0036379023     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3032     Document Type: Article

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