The relationship between body mass and relative investment in testes mass in cetaceans: Implications for inferring interspecific variations in the extent of sperm competition

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-380

  MacLeod, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry.; Body mass; Cetaceans; Sperm competition; Testes mass

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; CETACEAN; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NONLINEARITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954503416     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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