Why do sperm-depleted parasitoid males continue to mate?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Damiens, David ^a   Boivin, Guy ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Polyandry; Reproduction; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS;

EID: 28544447147     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj009     Document Type: Article

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