Determinants of reproductive success across sequential episodes of sexual selection in a firefly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3201-3208

  South, A ^a   Lewis, S M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Courtship signal; Lampyridae; Mating success; Paternity success; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; MATING SUCCESS; NUPTIAL GIFT; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPERMATOPHORE;

LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS GREENI;

EID: 84863860717     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0370     Document Type: Article

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