Within-population variation in ejaculate characteristics in a prolonged breeder, peron's tree frog, litoria peronii

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1055-1061

  Sherman, Craig D H ^a   Uller, Tobias ^a,c   Wapstra, Erik ^b   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Sperm competition; Sperm traits; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BREEDING POPULATION; FROG; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; FERTILIZATION; FROG; LITORIA PERONII; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL SURVIVAL; EJACULATION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

AMPHIBIA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA PERONII;

EID: 54049131653     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0423-7     Document Type: Article

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