Effects of female age and ovarian development on mating behavior in Stenotus rubrovittatus (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 802-805

  Oku, K ^a   Okutani Akamatsu, Y ^b   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Tottori Prefectural Agriculture and Forest Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

age; female mating receptivity; male courtship; Miridae; ovarian development

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INSECT;

HETEROPTERA; MIRIDAE; STENOTUS RUBROVITTATUS;

EID: 77956136242     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10025     Document Type: Article

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