Comparative evidence for a cost to males of manipulating females in bushcrickets

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-506

  Vahed, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mating costs; Nuptial feeding; Sexual conflict; Sexual refractory period; Sexually antagonistic coevolution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICKET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FEMALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIZE EFFECT;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 34548392172     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm021     Document Type: Article

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