Females prefer noninfected males as mates in the grain beetle Tenebrio molitor: Evidence in pre- and postcopulatory behaviours

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1047-1053

  Worden, Bradley D ^a,b   Parker, Patricia G ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLATWORM; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CESTODA; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; ORYZAEPHILUS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 27144496633     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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