Asymmetrical costs of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-384

  Meader, Stephen J ^a   Gilburn, Andre S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coelopidae; Costs of reproduction; Lifespan; Male harassment; Mortality; Sexually antagonistic coevolution

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; FLY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEAWEED; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; COELOPA FRIGIDA; COELOPIDAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43049102393     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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