Does Female Mate Choice Confer Direct Fitness Benefits? Results From a Tephritid Fruit Fly

The melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), exhibits a lek mating system in which males aggregate on plants, weakly defend leaf territories that lack any resources vital to females, and produce pheromone to attract potential mates. Males are attracted to and feed on the plant-borne compound r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2016-12, Vol.110 (2), p.204-211
Hauptverfasser: Shelly, Todd E, Nishimoto, Jon
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