Female crickets are driven to fight by the male courting and calling songs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Rillich, Jan ^a   Buhl, Edgar ^a   Schildberger, Klaus ^a   Stevenson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; agonistic behaviour; competition; cricket; Gryllus campestris; polyandry; resources; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CRICKET; FIGHTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYANDRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SPERMATOPHORE;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 59849115239     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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