Does testis size track expected mating success in yellow dung flies?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 414-418

  Blanckenhorn, W U ^a   Hellriegel, B ^a   Hosken, D J ^a   Jann, P ^a   Altwegg, R ^a   Ward, P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion (AIC); Allometry; Scatophaga; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FLY; MATING SUCCESS;

DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SCATHOPHAGA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 2942627344     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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