Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-88

  Spence, Rowena ^a   Reichard, Martin ^b   Smith, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ejaculate; mate choice; mating system; mussel; oviposition; sexual selection; sperm depletion.

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; MATE CHOICE; OVIPOSITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SURVIVAL;

RHODEUS; RHODEUS AMARUS;

EID: 84871189125     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars138     Document Type: Article

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