Perception of male-male competition influences Drosophila copulation behaviour even in species where females rarely remate

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Lizé, Anne ^a   Doff, Rowan J ^a   Smaller, Eve A ^a   Lewis, Zenobia ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copulation duration; Female receptivity; Monandry; Plasticity; Polyandry; Social environment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLYANDRY; SPERM COMPETITION;

DROSOPHILA ACANTHOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 84856259797     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0544     Document Type: Article

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