A state-based model of sperm allocation in a group-breeding salamander

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 705-712

  Harris, W Edwin ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma texanum; Dynamic programming; Ejaculate evolution; Group breeders; Mate competition; Mating system; Salamanders; Sexual selection; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERM; SPERMATOPHORE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TEXANUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036749331     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.5.705     Document Type: Article

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