Correlate of reproductive success within alternative mating tactic of the common shrew

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-340

  Stockley, Paula ^a,b   Searle, Jeremy B ^a,c   Macdonald, David W ^a   Jones, Catherine S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fluctuating asymmetry; mating success; Sorex araneus; sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COMMON SHREW; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 0029662728     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.334     Document Type: Article

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