An experimentally tested model of the cumulative mating frequency curve forLucilia sericata(Mg.) (Dipt., Calliphoridae)
- 1 June 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 60 (4) , 671-682
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300042425
Abstract
When virgins of both sexes of the sheep blow-flyLucilia sericata(Mg.) are placed together in cages, the cumulative mating frequency curve has a regular form: the shape of this curve is believed to be largely a consequence of the progressive decrease in the density of flies available for mating. A model based on this hypothesis is successfully tested against experimentally obtained data. A mating rate coefficient is proposed.Keywords
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