Partial fertility and polyandry: A benefit of multiple mating hiding in plain sight?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1329-1334

  Forbes, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility insurance; Multiple mating; Partial fertility; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; SURVIVAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84904539081     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1743-6     Document Type: Article

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