An excess of males: Skewed sex ratios in bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 757-769

  Dick, Carl W ^a   Patterson, Bruce D ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat flies; Ectoparasites; Grooming effects; Male bias; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; FLY; GROOMING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 52549123287     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9201-9     Document Type: Article

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