Measuring the sperm competition successes of field males of the yellow dung fly

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 763-765

  Ward, Paul I ^a   Wedell, Nina ^b   Hosken, David J ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Diptera; Mating system; Quasireplication; Scathophaga; Scatophaga

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATE CHOICE; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 18744399892     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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