Relatedness, body size and paternity in the alpine newt, Triturus alpestris

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1515, 2003, Pages 619-624

  Garner, Trenton W J ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Fecundity; Genetic compatibility; Multiple paternity; Triturus alpestris

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; PATERNITY; RELATEDNESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; HATCHING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 0037460858     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2284     Document Type: Article

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