Copulation reduces the duration of death-feigning behaviour in the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1145-1151

  Kuriwada, Takashi ^a,b   Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Shiromoto, Keiko ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

antipredator behaviour; Coleoptera; Cylas formicarius; insemination; mating history; sweetpotato weevil; thanatosis; tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEETLE; COPULATION; ENCOUNTER RATE; FITNESS; MATING SUCCESS; MORTALITY; VINE;

COLEOPTERA; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 70350041569     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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