Cloacal erection promotes vent apposition during forced copulation in the New Zealand stitchbird (hihi): Implications for copulation efficiency in other species

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Low, Matthew ^a   Castro, Isabel ^a   Berggren, Åsa ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cloacal protuberance; Copulation efficiency; Forced copulation; Intromittent organ; Sexual conflict; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

AVES; ENTEROBACTER; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 21344437949     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0935-5     Document Type: Article

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