The use of chemical and visual cues in female choice in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1611, 2007, Pages 845-851

  Costanzo, Katie ^a   Monteiro, Antónia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicyclus anynana; Chemical cues; Female choice; Pheromones; Sexual selection; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL CUE; LABORATORY METHOD; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; PHEROMONE; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTING METHOD; VISUAL CUE;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL CUE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEX ATTRACTANTS; WING;

EID: 34247205946     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3729     Document Type: Article

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