Sperm investment in relation to weapon size in a male trimorphic insect?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1018-1024

  Kelly, Clint D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory gland size; Allometry; Ejaculate size; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Sperm number; Strategic ejaculation; Testis size

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; HAREM; INSECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

AUSTRALASIA; MARLBOROUGH; MAUD ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA CRASSIDENS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 51749124045     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn058     Document Type: Article

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