Effect of body size and sex ratio on male alternative mating tactics of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-161

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Kuriwada, Takashi ^a,b   Shiromoto, Keiko ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^c  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Convolvulaceae; Curculionidae; Ipomoea batatus; Mate guarding; SIT; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; VINE;

COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 77953078706     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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