The relationship between body mass and relative investment in testes mass in amniotes and other vertebrates

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 903-916

  MacLeod, Colin D ^a   MacLeod, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM COMPETITION; TELEOST; TETRAPOD;

AMNIOTA; ANURA; AVES; CETACEA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66749088005     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17426.x     Document Type: Article

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