Competition, fluctuating asymmetry and sperm transfer in male gryllid crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllodes sigillatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-197

  Mallard, Samantha T ^a   Barnard, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Fluctuating asymmetry; Gryllodes sigillatus; Gryllus bimaculatus; Sperm

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CRICKET; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MORPHOMETRY; SPERM COMPETITION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0037668997     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0537-4     Document Type: Article

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