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Sperm competition, male prudence, and sperm-limited females (2002)




Sperm competition - Wikipedia
Males may even have to travel long distances during the breeding season in order to find a female which absolutely drain their energy supply. Relationships across species between the frequency of multiple mating by females and male testis size are well documented across many groups of animals. Trade-off between mate guarding and mate attraction in the polygynous great reed warbler 28 : — Journal of Insect Behavior.






Sperm competition




Description: This strategy can be more effective because it may allow the male to engage in both extra-pair paternity and within-pair paternity. For example, male millipedes in Costa Rica will ride on the back of their mate letting the other males know that she's taken. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Views Read Edit View history.
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