Male age, mating status and nuptial gift quality in a bushcricket

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1059-1065

  Wedell, Nina ^a   Ritchie, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CRICKET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMALIA; EPHIPPIGER EPHIPPIGER; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 3042739857     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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