The role of mating history and male size in determining mating behaviours and sexual conflict in a water strider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 851-858

  Ortigosa, Amaya ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECT; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS;

GERRIDAE; GERRIS; GERRIS BUENOI;

EID: 0037392910     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2112     Document Type: Article

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