Discriminating Males and Unpredictable Females: Males Bias Sperm Allocation in Favor of Virgin Females

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 740-748

  Bonilla, Melvin M ^a   Zeh, David W ^a   White, Angela M ^a   Zeh, Jeanne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOPHORE;

COLEOPTERA; CORDYLOCHERNES SCORPIOIDES;

EID: 79960355645     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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