Sexual behavior, reproductive physiology and sperm competition in male mammals

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-371

  Dixson, Alan F ^a   Anderson, Matthew J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Male mammals; Reproductive morphology; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COPULATION; EJACULATION; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; TESTIS;

EID: 5444260637     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.08.022     Document Type: Article

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