Among-population covariation between sperm competition and ejaculate expenditure in frogs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Dziminski, Martin A ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^a   Beveridge, Maxine ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Sperm competition risk; Sperm quality; Testis size

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FROG; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANURA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 76749093564     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp191     Document Type: Article

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