Birkhead, Møller : Sperm Competition in Birds : Evolutionary Causes and Consequences

| 1991 | | Kart, F:16,8x24 cm, 280 S, zahlr. Zeichnungen und Tabellen. | WG: Buch | | Discusses the importance of sperm competition in different avian mating systems, the relationship between sperm competition and male and female reproductive anatomy and physiology, copulation patterns, paternity guards, the costs and benefits of copulating with multiple partners for both males and females, the relationship between multiple mating and paternity and finally, the far-reaching evolutionary consequences of sperm competition. | [E] | |