The evolution of continuous variation in ejaculate Expenditure strategy

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tazzyman, Samuel J ^a   Pizzari, Tommaso ^b   Seymour, Robert M ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Ornaments; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORNAMENTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 70149118373     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603612     Document Type: Article

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