Increases in egg production in multiply mated female bushcrickets Leptophyes punctatissima are not due to substances in the nuptial gift

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-128

  Vahed, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg production stimulants; Fecundity; Katydids; Multiple mating; Nuptial gifts; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EGG PRODUCTION; NUPTIAL GIFT; POLYANDRY; SPERMATOPHORE;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHYES; LEPTOPHYES PUNCTATISSIMA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0037329412     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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