Effects of body size on courtship role, mating frequency and sperm transfer in the land snail Succinea putris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1125-1133

  Dillen, Lobke ^a   Jordaens, Kurt ^a   van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

body size; courtship role; gender conflict; hermaphrodite; land snail; mating behaviour; sexual conflict; sperm donation; Succinea putris

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; GENDER RELATIONS; HERMAPHRODITE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SNAIL; SPERM;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; SUCCINEA PUTRIS;

EID: 77950858765     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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