A life history trade-off between flight ability and reproductive behavior in male field crickets (Gryllus texensis)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-387

  Guerra, Patrick A ^a   Pollack, Gerald S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Flight capability vs. reproduction; Flight dimorphism; Life history trade off; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS;

EID: 34447503427     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9084-1     Document Type: Review

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