Ejaculate size, second male size, and moderate polyandry increase female fecundity in a seed beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 940-946

  Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a,b   Fox, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Directional selection; Ejaculate nutritial benefits; Nuptial gifts; Polyandry; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; STATOR LIMBATUS;

EID: 33749506556     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl029     Document Type: Article

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