Spatiotemporal patterns of sperm storage and last-male sperm precedence in birds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-383

  Briskie, J V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female control of paternity; sperm precedence mechanisms; Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus; Yellow headed Blackbird

Indexed keywords

SPERM PRECEDENCE; YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD;

XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0030304586     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390286     Document Type: Article

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