Multiple matings, female fecundity, and assessment of sperm competition risk in the protandrous grasshopper Sphenarium purpurascens (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-595

  Lugo Olguín, Sandra Denise ^a   Cueva Del Castillo, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grasshopper; Mate guarding; Polyandry; Protandry; Sphenarium purpurascens

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GRASSHOPPER; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; PROTANDRY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; SPHENARIUM PURPURASCENS;

EID: 34447534335     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[591:MMFFAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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