The social environment affects mate guarding behavior in Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Saeki, Yoriko ^a,b   Kruse, Kipp C ^a   Switzer, Paul V ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Mating behavior; Postcopulatory mate guarding; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; POPILLIA JAPONICA;

EID: 23044500285     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/5.1.18     Document Type: Article

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