Female choice, female reluctance to mate and sexual selection on body size in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea.

By W. Blanckenhorn, Claudia Mühlhäuser, C. Morf, T. Reusch, M. Reuter. 2000

105 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. D. Hosken
2. W. Blanckenhorn
3. P. Ward
4. Leigh W. Simmons
5. G. Arnqvist
6. J. L. Tomkins

In Insect Science

1. D. Hosken
2. W. Blanckenhorn

Citations in the corpus

• The costs of copulating in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea (2002, background): “cynipsea and perhaps many other species (Blanckenhorn et al., 2000; Crudgington and Siva-Jothy, 2000; Rowe et al., 1994; Ward et al., 1992).”
• Strategic ejaculation in the common dung fly Sepsis cynipsea (2002, background): “If able to overcome female resistance (vigorous shaking behaviour: Parker 1972a; Ward 1983; Blanckenhorn et al. 2000) successfully, males then mate-guard, fending off competing males, but do not copulate until females have laid their clutch using sperm stored from previous matings (Parker 1972a;…”