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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2012-05-01
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Series: | Acta Herpetologica |
Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1649 |