Nuptial food gifts influence female egg production in the scorpionfly Panorpa cognata

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Engqvist, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female fecundity; Mating effort; Mecoptera; Nuptial food gifts; Paternal investment; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FLY; NUPTIAL GIFT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA COGNATA;

EID: 34249795150     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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