Paternity costs from polyandry compensated by increased fecundity in the hide beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 433-440

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Monandry; Polyandry; Remating; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPENSATION; FECUNDITY; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

COLEOPTERA; DERMESTES; DERMESTES MACULATUS;

EID: 52449129540     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm153     Document Type: Article

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