Quantitative genetics of sexual display, ejaculate quality and size in a lekking species

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-407

  Chargé, Rémi ^a,b,c   Teplitsky, Céline ^a   Hingrat, Yves ^d   Saint Jalme, Michel ^a   Lacroix, Frédéric ^d   Sorci, Gabriele ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP)   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d Reneco Wildlife Consultants LLC ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Courtship display; Ejaculate size and quality; Genetic correlations; Quantitative genetics; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COURTSHIP; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; SIGNALING; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; COURTSHIP DISPLAY; EJACULATE SIZE AND QUALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATIONS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION;

COURTSHIP DISPLAY; EJACULATE SIZE AND QUALITY; GENETIC CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA;

EID: 84873992086     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12023     Document Type: Article

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