Among- and within-population variation in sperm quality in the simultaneously hermaphroditic land snail Arianta arbustorum

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 270-280

  Minoretti, Nicole ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Sperm competition; Sperm length; Sperm longevity; Sperm number; Sperm velocity

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; SNAIL; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33744919047     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0165-5     Document Type: Article

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