A sexual network approach to sperm competition in a species with alternative mating tactics

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-129

  Muniz, Danilo G ^a   Guimarães, Paulo R ^a   Buzatto, Bruno A ^b   Machado, Glauco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mating system; Opiliones; Resource defense polygyny; Sexual selection; Social network; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

OPILIONES;

EID: 84928401070     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru166     Document Type: Article

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