Male position and calling effort together influence male attractiveness in leks of the medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-487

  Niyazi, Nuri ^a   Shuker, David M ^b   Wood, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotshot model; Hotspot model; Mediterranean fruit fly; Rectal epithelial gland; SIT; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; LEK; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55349114051     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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