Sperm competition, male prudence and sperm-limited females

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 313-320

  Wedell, Nina ^a   Gage, Matthew J G ^b   Parker, Geoffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MATING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

EID: 0036644205     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02533-8     Document Type: Review

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