Sperm fertility and skewed paternity during sperm competition in the Australian long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Hosken, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Paternity; Sperm; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC MARKER; MALE FERTILITY; MATING SYSTEM; PATERNITY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON;

BAT; MATING ORDERS; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM FERTILITY;

NYCTOPHILUS GEOFFROYI;

EID: 0031839294     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998005111     Document Type: Article

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