Females solicit sneakers to improve fertilization success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1573, 2005, Pages 1683-1688

  Smith, Carl ^a   Reichard, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Extra pair copulations; Sneaking; Sperm competition; Sperm limitation; Strategic ejaculation

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNEAK COPULATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

RHODEUS; RHODEUS SERICEUS;

EID: 26244449976     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3140     Document Type: Article

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