Fitness cost of pheromone production in signaling female moths

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1572-1582

  Harari, Ally R ^a,b   Zahavi, Tirtza ^c   Thiéry, Denis ^d  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fitness; Selection sexual

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

FEMALE; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA;

EID: 79958028866     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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