The impact of ovulation mode on sperm quantity and quality in mammals

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 879-889

  Soulsbury, Carl D ^a   Iossa, Graziella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrasexual competition; Ovulatory; Sperm competition risk; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MAMMAL; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953870071     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9344-y     Document Type: Article

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