Female bushcrickets fuel their metabolism with male nuptial gifts

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 476-478

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Kretzschmar, Antje S ^b   Speakman, John R ^c   Lehmann, Gerlind U C ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female choice; Homeostasis; Nutrient routing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRICKET; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN; SPERMATOPHORE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BUSHCRICKET; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG PRODUCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXHALATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ARTHROPODA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 51549083055     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0282     Document Type: Article

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