Age-related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 251-258

  Jones, Therésa M ^a   Featherston, Rebecca ^a   Paris, Damien B B P ^b   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female age; Male age; Sperm competition; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEETLE; COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

COLEOPTERA; DERMESTES MACULATUS;

EID: 33845897086     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl077     Document Type: Article

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