Mate acquisition by females in a butterfly: The effects of mating status and age on female mate-locating behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Bergman, Martin ^a   Gotthard, Karl ^a   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Courtship solicitation; Lepidoptera; Life history; Pararge aegeria; Sexual selection; Speckled wood butterfly; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BUTTERFLY; COURTSHIP; FECUNDITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA;

EID: 78650217233     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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