The function of female behaviours adopted during premating struggles in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Blyth, Jennifer E ^a   Gilburn, Andre S ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coelopa frigida; Coelopidae; Female mate choice; Female resistance; Seaweed fly; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLY; KARYOTYPE; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

COELOPA FRIGIDA; COELOPIDAE; SCIOMYZOIDEA;

EID: 78650196422     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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