Effects of fertilization distance on male gain curves in a free-spawning marine invertebrate: A combined empirical and theoretical approach

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3114-3123

  Johnson, Sheri L ^a,b,c   Yund, Philip O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryllus schlosseri; Diffusion advection model; Fertilization distance; Paternity; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FERTILIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FERTILIZATION; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450214737     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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