Quantity matters: Male sex pheromone signals mate quality in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1671, 2009, Pages 3303-3310

  Ruther, Joachim ^a   Matschke, Michael ^a   Garbe, Leif Alexander ^b   Steiner, Sven ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local mate competition; Mate assessment pheromone; Mate choice; Phenotype linked fertility hypothesis; Sex ratios; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ADAPTATION; BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCENT MARKING; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX PHEROMONE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; WASP;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; WASP;

NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 70349431210     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0738     Document Type: Article

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