Sexual selection and senescence: Do seed beetle males (Acanthoscelides obtectus, Bruchidae, Coleoptera) shape the longevity of their mates?

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-330

  Seslija D ^a   Marecko I ^a   Tucic N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acanthoscelides obtectus; Experimental evolution; Mortality pattern; Polyandry monoandry; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BEETLE; BODY MASS; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRANIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; STARVATION;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 53849134846     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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