Does foreplay matter? Gammarus pulex females may benefit from longlasting precopulatory mate guarding

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-335

  Galipaud, Matthias ^a   Dechaume Moncharmont, François Xavier ^a   Oughadou, Abderrahim ^a   Bollache, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Amplexus; Intermoult duration; Precopula; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CRUSTACEAN; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; MOLT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 80051696774     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0924     Document Type: Article

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