Effects of mating status on copulation investment by male bushcricket Gampsocleis gratiosa (Tettigoniidae, Orthoptera)

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-353

  Gao, Yong ^a   Kang, Le ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Copulation investment; Ejaculate size; Gampsocleis gratiosa; Virgin effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; SPERMATOGONIA;

GAMPSOCLEIS; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 33749841723     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-006-2003-4     Document Type: Article

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