Variable costs of mating, longevity, and starvation resistance in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 779-786

  Hicks, Sara K ^a   Hagenbuch, Kara L ^a   Meffert, Lisa M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of mating; Longevity; Repeatability; Sexual selection; Starvation resistance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LONGEVITY; NUTRITION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; STARVATION; TOLERANCE;

DIPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 10644256548     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.779     Document Type: Article

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