Consequences of Multiple Paternity for Female Fitness in an Ontario Population of Northern Map Turtles, 'Graptemys geographica'

Although sexual stereotypes paint males as being promiscuous and females as being choosy in order to increase their reproductive success, multiple mating by females is widespread and females of many taxa often produce progeny sired by multiple males – but why? In species in which there are no direct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banger, Nicola A.
Other Authors: Blouin-Demers, Gabriel
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22881
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5806