Condition-dependent female remating resistance generates sexual selection on male size in a ladybird beetle

Behavioural resistance to remating by females is common, but the causes and consequences of resistance are rarely explained. Prominent hypotheses include resistance as a means of avoiding costly and superfluous mating, or as a means of biasing mating towards high-quality males. In species in which m...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Perry, J, Sharpe, D, Rowe, L
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2009