Mechanisms of sperm competition in insects

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-257

  Danielsson, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032430056     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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