Size-dependent alternative male mating tactics in the yellow dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1671, 2009, Pages 3229-3237

  Pitnick, Scott ^a   Henn, Kali R H ^a   Maheux, Stephen D ^a   Higginson, Dawn M ^a   Hurtado Gonzales, Jorge L ^a   Manier, Mollie K ^a   Berben, Kirstin S ^a   Guptill, Chase ^b   Uy, J Albert C ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toad Hollow Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Reproductive strategy; Scathophaga stercoraria; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPERM COMPETITION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA;

EID: 70349416517     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0632     Document Type: Article

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