Precopulatory mate guarding and mating behaviour in the rotifer Epiphanes senta (Monogononta: Rotifera)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1527, 2003, Pages 1965-1970

  Schröder, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic parthenogenesis; Mate choice; Mate guarding; Mating behaviour; Rotifer

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAPAUSE; DIFFUSION; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO GROWTH; EPIPHANES SENTA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; LITTORAL; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; ROTIFERA;

ARTHROPODA; EPIPHANES; EPIPHANES SENTA; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 18744434425     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2466     Document Type: Article

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