Sexual selection in a moth: Effect of symmetry on male mating success in the wild

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-578

  Koshio, Chiharu ^a   Muraji, Makoto ^a   Tatsuta, Haruki ^b   Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Genitalia; Lepidoptera; Phenotypic selection; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SYMMETRY; WILD POPULATION;

ELCYSMA WESTWOODII; LEPIDOPTERA; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 34548390113     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm017     Document Type: Article

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