Male mating bias and its potential reproductive consequence in the butterfly Colias eurytheme

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Macedonia, Joseph M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alba polymorphism; Lepidoptera; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; COLIAS; COLIAS EURYTHEME; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33845656870     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0269-y     Document Type: Article

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