Sexual Selection: Signals to Die for

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Champion de Crespigny, Fleur E ^a   Hosken, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREFLY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREFLIES; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS);

LAMPYRIDAE;

EID: 34848918574     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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