Determinants of male ejaculate investment in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera: Mating history, female body size and male age

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-344

  Teng, Zhao Qian ^a   Zhang, Qing Wen ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Ejaculate size; Helicoverpa armigera; Mating history; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; SPERM COMPETITION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 70450192235     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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