Male age and experience increases mating success but not female fitness in the mexican fruit fly

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Pérez Staples, Diana ^a   Martínez Hernández, María G ^b   Aluja, Martín ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COPULATION; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; FLY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77955144605     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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