Situation exploitation: Higher male mating success when female resistance is reduced by feeding

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-39

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a   Naylor, Richard A ^a   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Mating rate; Sensory bias; Sensory exploitation; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIMEX; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS;

EID: 58249112281     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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