Condition-dependent ejaculate size and composition in a ladybird beetle

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3639-3647

  Perry, Jennifer C ^a   Rowe, Locke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adalia bipunctata; Condition dependence; Ingested ejaculate; Seminal proteins; Sexual selection; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SIZE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78650040961     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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