Phenology of scramble polygyny in a wild population of chrysolemid beetles: The opportunity for and the strength of sexual selection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Baena, Martha Lucía ^a   Macías Ordóñez, Rogelio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHRYSOMELID BEETLE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COMPETITION; COPULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FIGHTING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRAMBLE MATING POLYGYNY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84862676505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038315     Document Type: Article

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