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nuptial gift: a standalone construct

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nuptialgift1 CONSTRUCTNuptial giftVAHED · BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY

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Behavioural ecology

food or other material passed from male to female during courtship or mating, as in many insects.

In behavioural ecology, nuptial gift refers to food or other material passed from male to female during courtship or mating, as in many insects. This meaning comes from Vahed (1998) in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[1]

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courtship3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

  1. Vahed, K. (1998). The function of nuptial feeding in insects: a review of empirical studies. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 73(1), 43-78. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0006323197005112

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