Sex and the single (-eared) female: Leg function, limb autotomy and mating history trade-offs in field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-35

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Gryllidae; Monaural; Phonotaxis; Sex

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CRICKET; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECT; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 33644879736     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0408     Document Type: Article

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