Song, sperm quality and testes asymmetry in the sedge warbler

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 965-971

  Birkhead, T R ^a   Buchanan, Katherine L ^b   Devoogd, T J ^c   Pellatt, E J ^e   Szekely T ^d   Catchpole, Clive K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PHENOTYPE-LINKED FERTILITY HYPOTHESIS; SEDGE WARBLER; SONG; SPERM QUALITY; TESTES ASYMMETRY;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS;

EID: 0031128709     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0423     Document Type: Article

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