Do male mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor, sustain the honesty of pheromone signals under immune challenge?

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-72

  Vainikka, Anssi ^a,d   Rantala, Markus J ^b   Seppälä, Otto ^a,c   Suhonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Condition; Cost; Honesty; Insect; Lifespan; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 34548680089     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-007-0031-0     Document Type: Article

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