Geographical variation in sperm morphology in the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-390

  Lüpold, Stefan ^a,b   Westneat, David F ^c   Birkhead, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Icteridae; Inter population variation; Mating system; Sperm length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; SPERM;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ICTERIDAE;

EID: 79952007426     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9410-5     Document Type: Article

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