Natural and sexual selection on male behaviour and morphology, and female choice in a wild field cricket population: Spatial, temporal and analytical components

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 985-1001

  Ritz, Markus S ^a   Köhler, Günter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fitness; Gryllidae; Male quality; Mating success; Non linear selection gradients; Selection surface visualization; Threshold selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FITNESS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; PATH ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

GERMANY;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 77955771385     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9328-y     Document Type: Article

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