Increase in song frequency decreases spermatophore size: Correlative evidence of a macroevolutionary trade-off in katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1028-1036

  Del Castillo, Raúl Cueva ^a,b   Gwynne, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carrier frequency; Katydids; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Spermatophore; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GRASSHOPPER; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE; SONG; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOGONIA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 34247537403     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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