Prior oviposition, female receptivity and last-male sperm precedence in the cosmopolitan pest Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 559-565

  Eady, Paul E ^a   Rugman Jones, Paul ^b   Brown, Denise V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SPERM COMPETITION;

BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 1542348478     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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