Sexual conflict over sperm ejection in monogamous pairs of kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 370-376

  Helfenstein, Fabrice ^a,b   Wagner, Richard H ^b   Danchin, Etienne ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Copulation; Kittiwake; Monogamy; Sexual conflict; Sperm ejection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MONOGAMY; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SPERM COMPETITION;

LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141453096     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0636-x     Document Type: Article

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