False promises: Females spurn cheating males in a field cricket

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-381

  Wagner Jr , William E ^a   Smith, Andrew R ^a   Basolo, Alexandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic mate choice; Deception; Direct benefits; Field cricket; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; CRICKET; FERTILITY; HONESTY; INSECT; LIFESPAN; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS LINEATICEPS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 35248828153     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0225     Document Type: Article

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