A lover, not a fighter: Mating causes male crickets to lose fights

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1971-1979

  Judge, Kevin A ^a,b   Ting, Janice J ^a   Schneider, Jonathan ^a   Fitzpatrick, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Field cricket; Resource holding potential; Sexual selection; Social experience; Weaponry

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIGHTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 78449273228     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1008-y     Document Type: Article

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