Diet quality mediates the effect of multiple mating on female Gryllus vocalis vocal field cricket lifetime reproductive success

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-280

  Gershman, Susan N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Fecundity; Fertility; Gryllus vocalis; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Survival

Indexed keywords

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS;

EID: 41849138992     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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