Chastity belts in gartersnakes: The functional significance of mating plugs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-390

  Shine, R ^a   Olsson, M M ^a   Mason, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory plug; Mating system; Pheromone; Reptile; Sexual selection; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 0033858543     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0427     Document Type: Article

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