Female Reproductive Fitness Declines with Increasing Male Density in the Polyandrous Weevil Sitophilus oryzae

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 268-278

  Flay, Casey D ^a   Wang, Qiao ^a   He, Xiong Z ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

copulation; fecundity; feeding; female genital damage; longevity; Male density

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE;

EID: 84893771527     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-013-9423-3     Document Type: Article

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