The benefits of multiple mating to female seaweed flies, Coelopa frigida (Diptera: Coelpidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-135

  Dunn, D W ^a   Sumner, J P ^a   Goulson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coelopa frigida; Costs of mating; Polyandry; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FLY; MULTIPLE MATING; OVIPOSITION; POLYANDRY;

ALGAE; COELOPA FRIGIDA; COELOPIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 20444419824     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0922-x     Document Type: Article

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