Facultative sex and reproductive strategies in response to male availability in the spiny stick insect, Extatosoma tiaratum

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 228-233

  Schneider, Angela ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

asexual; oviposition; parthenogenetic; phasmatid.; sex; sexual signals

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUALITY;

EXTATOSOMA TIARATUM; HEXAPODA; PHASMATIDAE;

EID: 78649291958     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO10012     Document Type: Article

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