The best time to have sex: mating behaviour and effect of daylight time on male sexual competitiveness in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 887-894

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus vector; Courtship; Filariasis vector; Male mating success; Reproductive behaviour; Sterile insect technique; Swarm

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATING; MATING SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SUNLIGHT; AEDES; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84925200895     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4252-7     Document Type: Article

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