Does multiple paternity improve fitness of the frog Crinia georgiana?

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 968-973

  Byrne, P G ^a   Robert, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran amphibians; External fertilizers; Genetic benefits; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0033926966     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00096.x     Document Type: Article

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