Reproductive anatomy, precopulatory mate guarding, and paternity in the socorro isopod, Thermosphaeroma thermophilum

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-56

  Jormalainen, Veijo ^a,b   Shuster, Stephen M ^a   Wildey, Herbert C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mate guarding; Reproductive anatomy; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006688763     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249909379036     Document Type: Article

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