Male postcopulatory reproductive success in the beetle, Diaprepes abbreviatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Sirot, Laura K ^a,b   Brockmann, H Jane ^a   Lapointe, Stephen L ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; copulatory courtship; Diaprepes abbreviatus; postcopulatory reproductive success; root weevil; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS;

EID: 34347221938     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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