Copulatory plug displacement and prolonged copulation in the Iberian rock lizard (Lacerta monticola)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-297

  Moreira, Pedro L ^a,b   Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Sexual conflict; Sperm competition; Sperm displacement; Squamate reptile

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; LIZARD; REPTILE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

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

EID: 3242657357     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0786-5     Document Type: Article

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