Sperm competition and the evolution of testes size in terrestrial mammalian carnivores

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-662

  Iossa, G ^a   Soulsbury, C D ^a   Baker, P J ^a,b   Harris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mammals; Mating season length; Mating systems; Ovulation type; Phylogenetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM COMPETITION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 47249124484     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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