Male courtship attractiveness and paternity success in Photinus greeni fireflies

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Demary, Kristian C ^a   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship signals; Female choice; Multiple cues; Postcopulatory female choice; Selection gradients; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FLY; GENETIC MARKER; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FIREFLY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FIREFLIES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION;

LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS GREENI;

EID: 33947162798     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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