Male body size predicts sperm number in the mandarinfish

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-167

  Rasotto, Maria B ^a   De Mitcheson, Y Sadovy ^b   Mitcheson, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fecundity benefit; Female choice; Mandarinfish; Sperm number

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; CRYPSIS; EGG PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 77954858056     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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