Testing the ability to store sperm: An experimental manipulation of mating opportunities in the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-118

  Pellitteri Rosa, Daniele ^a   Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Pupin, Fabio ^b   Bellati, Adriana ^a   Cocca, Walter ^a   Gentilli, Augusto ^a   Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common wall lizard; Multiple mating; Sexual selection; Sperm storage; Unfertilized eggs

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84864464128     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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