Precopulatory choice for cues of material benefits in tree crickets

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Bussière, Luc F ^a,b   Clark, Andrew P ^a,c   Gwynne, Darryl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Courtship feeding; Direct benefits; Good genes; Gryllidae; Mate choice; Nuptial gifts

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GRYLLIDAE; OECANTHUS; OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS;

EID: 12244301208     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh151     Document Type: Article

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