Sperm transfer in the Adelie Penguin

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 410-413

  Hunter, F M ^a   Davis, L S ^b   Miller, G D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelie Penguin; copulation; copulation frequency; fertility; sperm; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029786646     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369158     Document Type: Article

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