Prenuptial agreements: Mating frequency predicts gift-giving in Heliconius species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Cardoso, Márcio Zikán ^a   Roper, James J ^b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanogenic glycoside; Heliconini; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CYANIDE; FITNESS; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS KLUK; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 64549146241     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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