Differential sperm expenditure by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna, in a unisexual-bisexual species complex and the influence of spermiation during mating

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-711

  Robinson, Donelle M ^a,b   Aspbury, Andrea S ^a   Gabor, Caitlin R ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male mate choice; Poecilia; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPERM;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA;

EID: 38849157897     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0495-y     Document Type: Article

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