Do pre- and post-copulatory sexually selected traits covary in large herbivores?

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ferrandiz Rovira, Mariona ^a   Lemaître, Jean François ^a   Lardy, Sophie ^a,b   López, Bernat C ^c,d   Cohas, Aurélie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c CREAF   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Post copulatory competition; Pre copulatory competition; Secondary sexual traits; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Weapon length

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDICTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORY; UNGULATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTIODACTYLA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; HORNS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84901231766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-79     Document Type: Article

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