Modeling intra-sexual competition in a sex pheromone system: How much can female movement affect female mating success?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-555

  Pearson, G A ^a,c   Dillery, Scott ^a   Meyer, J R ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female behavior; Lepidoptera; Mating disruption; Natural selection; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING SUCCESS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITACEAE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; WIND;

LEPIDOPTERA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 5644285396     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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