Sexual selection did not contribute to the evolution of male lifespan under curtailed age at reproduction in a seed beetle

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 638-643

  Maklakov, Alexei A ^a,b   Fricke, Claudia ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Beetles; Life history; Senescence; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGING; BEETLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 70349089198     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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