When do the costs of spermatogenesis constrain sperm expenditure? Remarks on the pattern of the spermatogenic cycle

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Takahashi, Mizuki K ^a,b   Parris, Matthew J ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SEASON; GAMETOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPERMATOPHORE;

NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 58149086570     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01588.x     Document Type: Article

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