Preferred males are not always good providers: Female choice and male investment in tree crickets

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-231

  Bussière, Luc F ^a,b   Basit, Hassaan Abdul ^a   Gwynne, Darryl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courtship feeding; Direct benefits; Gryllidae; Mate choice; Multiple mating; Operational sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRICKET; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; NUPTIAL GIFT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GRYLLIDAE; OECANTHUS; OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS;

EID: 12244271731     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh156     Document Type: Article

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