Repeated Copulation in the Wood-feeding Cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus Does Not Influence Number or Development of Offspring

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Nalepa, Christine A ^a   Mullins, Donald E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

altricial development; Cryptocercidae; Dictyoptera; Social monogamy; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCIDAE; CRYPTOCERCUS PUNCTULATUS; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 78650417512     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-010-9235-7     Document Type: Article

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