Female-biased sex ratio in a protandrous moth: Challenging the mate opportunity hypothesis for explaining protandry

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-562

  Muralimohan, K ^a   Srinivasa, Y B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Mate opportunity hypothesis; Mateless females; Opisina arenosella; Protandry; Reproductive asynchrony; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77953334184     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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