Male sperm expenditure under sperm competition risk and intensity in quacking frogs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 857-863

  Byrne, Phillip G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ejaculate expenditure; Frogs; Group spawning; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FROG; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CRINIA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344624924     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh098     Document Type: Article

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