Swarming and mating behavior of a mayfly Baetis bicaudatus suggest stabilizing selection for male body size

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 530-537

  Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,b   McIntosh, Angus R ^a,c   Caudill, Christopher C ^a,b,e   Dahl, Jonas ^a,d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Large male advantage; Mayfly swarms; Size assortative mating; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MAYFLY; SWARMING;

BAETIDAE; BAETIS BICAUDATUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 0036589855     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0471-5     Document Type: Article

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