Sequential mate choice in decorated crickets: females use a fixed internal threshold in pre- and postcopulatory choice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1065-1072

  Ivy, Tracie M ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crickets; decorated crickets; Gryllodes sigillatus; mate guarding; postcopulatory female choice; sequential mate choice; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CRICKET; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS;

EID: 35048894813     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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