The effect of sperm competition on male gain curves in a colonial marine invertebrate

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 328-339

  Yund, Philip O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Botryllus schlosseri; Evolutionary ecology; Fertilization ecology; Hermaphroditism; Local adaptation; Male gain curve; Paternity; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031660496     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0328:TEOSCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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