No effect of male courtship intensity on female remating in the butterfly Pieris napi

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-489

  Bergström, Jonas ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Mating rate; Nuptial gifts; Pieridae; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 23644453920     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-5605-X     Document Type: Article

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