Male age does not affect female fitness in a polyandrous beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-548

  Fricke, Claudia ^a,b   Maklakov, Alexei A ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; mating success; multiple mating; seed beetle; senescence; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MULTIPLE MATING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34548645707     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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