Lifetime spermatophore investment in natural populations of two closely related bush-cricket species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Poecilimon)

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-298

  McCartney, Jay ^a   Lehmann, Arne W ^a   Lehmann, Gerlind U C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sperm competition; Sperm number; Spermatophore; Spermatophylax; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; POECILIMON; POECILIMON VELUCHIANUS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 76949095920     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12529331375383     Document Type: Article

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