Copulation duration in the soldier fly: The roles of cryptic male choice and sperm competition risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1332-1336

  Barbosa, Flavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

copulation duration; cryptic male choice; postcopulatory sexual selection; soldier fly; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; CRYPSIS; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; MEROSARGUS CINGULATUS; STRATIOMYIDAE;

EID: 80455167949     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr137     Document Type: Article

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