Costs and benefits of mating in the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Caelifera: Acrididae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-293

  Reinhardt, K ^a   Kohler G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fitness gain; Life span; Mating costs; Mating frequency

Indexed keywords

CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS;

EID: 0345711478     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020854403805     Document Type: Article

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