Social Experience Affects Same-Sex Pairing Behavior in Male Red Flour Beetles (Tribolium castaneum Herbst)

Cassandra M. Martin; Kipp C. Kruse; Paul V. Switzer

doi:10.1007/S10905-015-9498-0

Social Experience Affects Same-Sex Pairing Behavior in Male Red Flour Beetles (Tribolium castaneum Herbst)

Cassandra M. Martin, Kipp C. Kruse, Paul V. Switzer

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Insect Behavior
Volume	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/S10905-015-9498-0
State	Published - Apr 17 2015

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Entomology
Zoology

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