Level of sperm competition promotes evolution of male ejaculate allocation patterns in a moth

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Ingleby, Fiona C ^a   Lewis, Zenobia ^a   Wedell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Fertile sperm; Indian meal moth; Nonfertile sperm; Plodia interpunctella; Sperm allocation; Sperm investment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA;

EID: 77953958812     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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