Sex differences in survival costs of homosexual and heterosexual interactions: evidence from a fly and a beetle

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1375-1379

  Maklakov, Alexei A ^a   Bonduriansky, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; cost of mating; cost of reproduction; courtship; Prochyliza xanthostoma; sex differences

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FLY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PROCHYLIZA XANTHOSTOMA;

EID: 67349249987     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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