Relevance of Male Size to Female Mate Choice in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): Investigations with Wild and Laboratory-Reared Flies

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-176

  de Aquino, Jamile Câmara ^a   Joachim Bravo, Iara Sordi ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Ceratitis capitata; copulatory success; fruit flies; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84893791243     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-013-9410-8     Document Type: Article

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