Extra-pair copulation and sperm competition in the zebra finch

Nature

Volumn 334, Issue 6177, 1988, Pages 60-62

  Birkhead, T R ^a   Pellatt, J ^a   Hunter, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMAL; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNITY; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

POEPHILA GUTTATA EXTRA PAIR COPULATION;

EID: 0023821132     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/334060a0     Document Type: Article

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