Impacts of starvation on male reproductive success in Tribolium castaneum

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-359

  Sbilordo, Sonja H ^a   Grazer, Vera M ^a   Demont, Marco ^a   Martin, Oliver Y ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Condition dependence; Fertility; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84856824759     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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