Testing the ability to store sperm: an experimental manipulation of mating opportunities in the common wall lizard, <em>Podarcis muralis</em>

Female common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) typically reproduce annually and lay more than one clutch per season. In this study, we tested whether females store sperm between clutches and between years by manipulating mating opportunities of females through appropriate experiments. Our results rev...

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Main Authors: Daniele Pellitteri-Rosa, Roberto Sacchi, Fabio Pupin, Adriana Bellati, Walter Cocca, Augusto Gentilli, Paolo Galeotti, Mauro Fasola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-05-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1649