Sperm length in sand martins Riparia riparia: A comment on Helfenstein et al

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-242

  Kleven, Oddmund ^a   Laskemoen, Terje ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; PASSERINE; SPERM; SWIMMING;

RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 65649130123     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04766.x     Document Type: Article

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