Book of Donmon Teith

Behavioural ecologists and evolutionary biologists have long been interested in the biological implications of sperm from different males competing for fertiliz

This volume presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted reinterpretations of breeding behavior from a biologi

In species with internal fertilization, sperm competition occurs when the sperm of two or more males simultaneously occupy the reproductive tract of a female an

Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Systems describes the role of sperm competition in selection on a range of attributes from gamete morpholog

Birkhead reveals a world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Color illustrations.