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Do female black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus benefit from polyandry?

Date

Authors

Jennions, Michael

Drayton, Jean

Brooks, Rob

Hunt, J.

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Female insects that mate multiply tend to have increased lifetime fitness, apparently because of greater access to male-derived resources (e.g. sperm, nuptial gifts) that elevate fertility/fecundity. Experiments that standardize the number of matings per

Keywords

Keywords: cricket; female; fitness; hatching; polyandry; sexual selection; sperm competition; survival; animal; article; female; genetics; Gryllidae; male; physiology; sexual behavior; sexual selection; Animals; Female; Gryllidae; Male; Mating Preference, Animal; S Crickets; Genetic incompatibility; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Sexual selection; Sire effects; Sperm competition; Teleogryllus commodus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31639

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01333.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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