Advantages of multiple matings to females: A test of the infertility hypothesis using lizards

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1684-1688

  Olsson, Mats ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Female fitness; Infertility hypothesis; Lacerta agilis; Multiple matings; Sand lizard

Indexed keywords

LACERTA AGILIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030853181     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb01491.x     Document Type: Article

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