Between-male variation in sperm size, velocity and longevity in sand martins Riparia riparia

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-652

  Helfenstein, Fabrice ^a   Szép, Tibor ^c   Nagy, Zsolt ^d   Kempenaers, Bart ^e   Wagner, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c College of Nyíregyháza ^*  (Hungary)

^d BirdLife Hungary   (Hungary)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; LONGEVITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPERM; SWIMMING;

RAPARIA; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 56049106615     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04450.x     Document Type: Article

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