The costs of copulating in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-358

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a   Hosken, David J ^a   Martin, Oliver Y ^a   Reim, Constanze ^a   Teuschl, Yvonne ^a   Ward, Paul I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female reluctance; Genitalia; Internal injuries; Mating behavior; Mating costs; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; INJURY; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

DIPTERA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE; SEPSIDAE; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA;

EID: 0036558739     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.353     Document Type: Article

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