Maintenance of variance in sperm transfer rates in a scorpionfly: Food availability, genetic basis, and heritability

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-83

  Vermeulen, Andreas ^a   Engels, Sierk ^a   Sauer, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluctuating selection; Mecoptera; Panorpa; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COPULATION; FITNESS; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

MECOPTERA; PANORPA; PANORPA VULGARIS;

EID: 54049091486     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0637-x     Document Type: Article

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