Courtship Behavior in the Hawaiian Cricket Laupala cerasina: Males Provide Spermless Spermatophores as Nuptial Gifts

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Shaw, Kerry L ^a   Khine, Albert H ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOPHORE;

GRYLLIDAE; HAWAIIA; LAUPALA; LAUPALA CERASINA; ORTHOPTERA; TRIGONIDIINAE;

EID: 1542349166     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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