Pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection act in concert to determine male reproductive success in Tribolium castaneum

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-75

  Sbilordo, Sonja H ^a   Martin, Oliver Y ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Male male competition; Mating behaviour; Paternity; Polyandry; Red flour beetle; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898652872     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12262     Document Type: Article

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