Nuptial gift consumption influences female remating in a scorpionfly: Male or female control of mating rate?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-61

  Engqvist, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Mecoptera; Nuptial food gifts; Panorpa; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INSECT; MULTIPLE MATING; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA; PANORPA COGNATA;

EID: 33846599735     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9123-y     Document Type: Article

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