Sperm length variation in House Wrens Troglodytes aedon;Variation in der Spermienlänge von Hauszaunkönigen (Troglodytes aedon

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Cramer, Emily R A ^a   Laskemoen, Terje ^b   Kleven, Oddmund ^b,c   Lifjeld, Jan T ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body condition; House Wren; Seasonality; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPERM;

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 84871927804     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0878-3     Document Type: Article

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