Patterns of sperm use in the scorpionfly Panorpa germanica L. (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-535

  Kock, D ^a   Hardt, C ^b   Epplen, J T ^c   Sauer, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Sperm competition; Sperm precedence

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FLY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA GERMANICA; PANORPIDAE;

EID: 33745728856     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0196-y     Document Type: Article

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