Male sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) are polygynous and guard individual females for several hours to days after copulation. Even though the copulation itself only lasts 24 rain, the total time that a male invests per female is considerably more and may constitute a substantial investment during a mat
Loading constraints, body size and mating preference inGammarusspecies
โ Scribed by Jonathan Adams; Penelope J. Watt; Caroline J. Naylor; Paul J. Greenwood
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 536 KB
- Volume
- 183
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5141
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