Male field crickets that provide reproductive benefits to females incur higher costs

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 350-357

  Wagner Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct benefits; Field cricket; Gryllus lineaticeps; Mate choice; Reliable signals

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

GRYLLUS LINEATICEPS;

EID: 20644467460     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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