Larger male mating advantage depends on the sex ratio in Drosophila melanogaster

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Pavkovic Lucic S ^a   Kekic V ^a   Cvoro A ^a  

^a Univerzitet U Beogradu   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Male body size; Mating success; Order of mating; Sex ratio; Sexual selection; Size assortative mating

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FLY; LABORATORY METHOD; MATING SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77952124963     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2009.9522504     Document Type: Article

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