Mating with a kin decreases female remating interval: A possible example of inbreeding avoidance

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2037-2047

  Välimäki, Panu ^a   Kivelä, Sami M ^a   Mäenpää, Maarit I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nuptial feeding; Phenotypic plasticity; Pieris napi; Polyandry; Postcopulatory sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; KIN SELECTION; LARVA; MATE CHOICE; NEONATE; NUPTIAL GIFT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 80053998451     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1213-3     Document Type: Article

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