Song and Sperm in Crickets: A Trade-off between Pre- and Post-copulatory Traits or Phenotype-Linked Fertility?

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-162

  Klaus, Samantha P ^a   Fitzsimmons, Lauren P ^a   Pitcher, Trevor E ^b   Bertram, Susan M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CRICKET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; TRADE-OFF;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE;

EID: 78650829497     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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