Males are selective too: Mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-581

  Bateman, Philip W ^a   Fleming, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gryllidae; Male mate choice; Sequential mate choice

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

EID: 30944437258     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0083-y     Document Type: Article

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