Paternity success and the direction of sexual selection in a field population of a semelparous marsupial, Antechinus agilis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 475-484

  Kraaijeveld Smit, F J L ^a   Ward, S J ^c   Temple Smith, P D ^b  

^a Zoological Parks and Gardens Board ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antechinus agilis; Operational sex ratio; Paternity success; Potential reproductive rate; Sexual selection pressure; Size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; PATERNITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANTECHINUS; METATHERIA;

EID: 0037306395     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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