Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae: Cyprinidae) in relation to the mating system

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 622-632

  Pateman Jones, Christopher ^a   Rasotto, Maria Berica ^b   Reichard, Martin ^c,d   Liao, Caiping ^e   Liu, Huanzhang ^e   Zieba, Grzegorz ^f   Smith, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Sperm competition; Sperm depletion; Sperm economy; Sperm limitation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ACHEILOGNATHINAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; PISCES; RHODEUS; RHODEUS AMARUS; RHODEUS OCELLATUS; RHODEUS SINENSIS; ROSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 79959200370     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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