The cost of mating with a non-virgin male in a monandrous butterfly: Experimental evidence from the speckled wood, Pararge aegeria

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Lauwers, Kris ^a   Van Dyck, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Male ejaculate; Mating system; Pararge aegeria; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; INSECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLYANDRY; SPERM; SPERMATOPHORE; WOODLAND;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARARGE AEGERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646466215     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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