Sperm dimensions differ between two Coal Tit Periparus ater populations

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-520

  Schmoll, Tim ^a   Kleven, Oddmund ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Intraspecific variation; Population differences; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology; Sperm proportions

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPERM COMPETITION;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PERIPARUS ATER;

EID: 79958773386     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0603-z     Document Type: Article

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