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An experimentally tested model of the cumulative mating frequency curve for Lucilia sericata (Mg.) (Dipt., Calliphoridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. N. Pollock
J. N. Pollock
Affiliation:
Imperial College Field Station, Ashurst Lodge, Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, England
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When virgins of both sexes of the sheep blow-fly Lucilia 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.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , June 1971 , pp. 671 - 682
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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