Copulatory plugs in the Iberian Rock Lizard do not prevent insemination by rival males

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 796-802

  Moreira, P L ^a,b   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chastity belt; Female attractiveness and receptivity; Postcopulatory mate guarding; Reptile; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; LIZARD; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMPHIBIA; ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; ENTEROBACTER; LACERTA; MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347597810     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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