The behavioural and genetic mating system of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, an intrauterine cannibal

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chapman, Demian D ^a   Wintner, Sabine P ^b   Abercrombie, Debra L ^a   Ashe, Jimiane ^a   Bernard, Andrea M ^c   Shivji, Mahmood S ^c   Feldheim, Kevin A ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelphophagy; Monogamy; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHARK;

SATELLITE DNA;

ADELPHOPHAGY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MONOGAMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYANDRY; PREDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHARK;

ADELPHOPHAGY; MONOGAMY; POLYANDRY;

ANIMALS; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS;

EID: 84878206655     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0003     Document Type: Article

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