Cryptic female choice: Criteria for establishing female sperm choice

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1212-1218

  Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Cryptic female choice; Sexual selection; Sperm choice; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SPERM;

EID: 0031691692     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01848.x     Document Type: Article

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