Experience counts: Females favor multiply mated males over chemically endowed virgins in a moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-855

  Iyengar, Vikram K ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Female choice; Pheromone; Promiscuity; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 63149107851     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0724-7     Document Type: Article

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