Costly sexual harassment in a beetle

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Gay, Lauréne ^a   Eady, Paul E ^b   Vasudev, Ram ^b   Hosken, David J ^a   Tregenza, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; Coleoptera; Harassment; Mating frequency; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 60349085315     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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