The effect of mating frequency on female lifetime fecundity in the bulb mite, Rhizoglyphus robini (Acari: Acaridae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-115

  Kołodziejczyk, Maria ^a   Radwan, Jacek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Inter sexual conflict; Polyandry; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; MITE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; RHIZOGLYPHUS; RHIZOGLYPHUS ROBINI;

EID: 0038006726     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0557-0     Document Type: Article

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