Material and genetic benefits of female multiple mating and polyandry

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 361-367

  Fedorka, Kenneth M ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYANDRY;

ALLONEMOBIUS; ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS; NEMOBIINAE;

EID: 0036401338     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3052     Document Type: Article

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