Nuptial feeding in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris: Maintenance of genetic variance in sexual advertisement through dependence on condition influencing traits

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-699

  Missoweit, Merle ^a   Engqvist, Leif ^a   Lubjuhn, Thomas ^a   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Condition dependent signalling; Food acquisition; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; SALIVA; SECRETION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA VULGARIS;

EID: 50249167289     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9191-7     Document Type: Article

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