Sperm competition within a dominance hierarchy: Investment in social status vs. investment in ejaculates

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1290-1296

  Tamara Montrose, V ^a   Edwin Harris, W ^a   Moore, A J ^a,b   Moore, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Ejaculates; Social dominance; Sperm competition; Stress

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; COCKROACH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COCKROACH; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COCKROACHES; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPERMATOZOA;

BLATTARIA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA;

EID: 49549103944     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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