Sexual selection under scramble competition: Mate location and mate choice in the eucalypt leaf beetle Chrysophtharta agricola (Chapuis) in the field

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-366

  Nahrung, Helen F ^a   Allen, Geoff R ^a  

^a Hobart Sch Agric Sci Univ T ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; operational sex ratio; Podapolipidae; scramble competition; volatiles

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PODAPOLIPIDAE;

EID: 3042836997     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000031536.59988.0d     Document Type: Article

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