Testicular volume and asymmetry are age-dependent in Black-throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica caerulescens)

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 473-485

  Graves, Gary R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASYMMETRY; BIRD; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

AVES; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; DRYAS IULIA; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942622601     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090411     Document Type: Article

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