Breeding in the crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes: Mating patterns, mate choice and intermale competition

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 305-315

  Villanelli, Fabio ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION;

AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; DECAPODA;

EID: 0031685134     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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