Changes in sperm stores, ejaculate size, fertilization success, and sexual motivation over repeated matings in the common toad, Bufo bufo (Anura: Bufonidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-371

  Hettyey, Attila ^a,b   Vági, Balázs ^b   Hévizi, Gergely ^b   Török, János ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ejaculate collection; Exhaustion; Natural history; Reproduction; Sexual conflict; Sperm depletion

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO BUFO; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 58549084565     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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