Differential sperm expenditure reveals a possible role for post‐copulatory sexual selection in a lekking moth

Abstract Male reproductive success in the lesser wax moth Achroia grisella is strongly determined by pre‐copulatory mate choice, during which females choose among males aggregated in small leks based on the attractiveness of ultrasonic songs. Nothing is known about the potential of post‐copulatory m...

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Main Authors: Nils Cordes, Arzu Yiğit, Leif Engqvist, Tim Schmoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-03-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.458