Commentary on Kehl et al. “Young male mating success is associated with sperm number but not with male sex pheromone titres”
Abstract Over the last years, several studies suggested that male courtship activity is more important than female preference for male secondary sexual traits in determining male mating success in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. We use Kehl et al. (Front Zool 12, 2015)'s study and related publi...
Main Authors: | Caroline Marie Nieberding, Marie-Jeanne Holveck |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0256-y |
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