Mating tactics in external fertilizers when sperm is limited

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Shapiro, Douglas Y ^a,c   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Mating tactics; Reproduction; Sperm limitation

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL FERTILIZER; MATING TACTIC; SPERM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029752825     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.19     Document Type: Article

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