Female asynchrony may drive disruptive sexual selection on male mating phenotypes in a Heliconius butterfly

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-152

  Mendoza Cuenca, Luis ^a   MacÍas Ordóñez, Rogelio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative mating behavior; Disruptive selection; Female synchrony; Heliconius; Pupal mating; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; PUPA; SEXUAL SELECTION;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS CHARITHONIA;

EID: 72649084849     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp163     Document Type: Article

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