Seminal compounds, female receptivity and fitness in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 771-777

  McNamara, Kathryn B ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a   Jones, Therésa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

almond moth; Cadra cautella; monandry; polyandry; sexual conflict; spermatophore

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; SECRETION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM; SPERMATOPHORE;

CADRA CAUTELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 49149127603     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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