Sperm Competition in Butterflies

• Main Author: Watanabe, Mamoru (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Ecological Research Monographs,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal ecology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Behavioral Sciences.

This book describes about 30 years of theoretical, empirical, and experimental work on butterfly sperm competition. It considers the reproductive morphology and sperm utilisation interests of males and females, which shape the mating tactics of each sex. Females of most butterfly species mate multip...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Historical Perspective
• 3 Reproductive Anatomy
• 4 Necessary Requirements for Oviposition
• 5 Mating Conflict
• 6 Avoidance of Sperm Competition in Males
• 7 Sperm Manipulation in Females
• 8 Apyrene Sperm as a Key Factor for Sperm Competition
• BM Index.