The effects of age at mating on female life-history traits in a seed beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-555

  Maklakov, Alexei A ^a   Kremer, Natacha ^a   Arnqvist, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age at reproduction; Cost of reproduction; Female resistance; Life history; Lifetime reproductive success; Longevity; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEETLE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34548405054     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm016     Document Type: Article

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