Exposure to sperm competition risk improves survival of virgin males

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Moatt, Joshua P ^a   Dytham, Calvin ^a   Thom, Michael D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological plasticity; Intra sexual competition; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880433128     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1188     Document Type: Article

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