Learning about prospective mates in male fruit flies: Effects of acceptance and rejection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1427-1434

  Dukas, Reuven ^a   Dukas, Lauren ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Fruit fly; Learning; Mate choice; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FLY; HETEROTROPHY; LEARNING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MEMORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84870459023     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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