Sperm competition effects on sperm production and expenditure in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 776-780

  Aspbury, Andrea S ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic male choice; Livebearing fish; Operational sex ratio; Strategic allocation

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; CYPRINID; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SIZE EFFECT; SPERM COMPETITION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 34547678039     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm044     Document Type: Article

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