Overview
- Focuses on the important role of apyrene sperm in sperm competition
- Serves as the first book dedicated to sperm competition in butterflies, covering topics such as sperm dimorphism, migration, and manipulation
- Includes a review of butterfly mating processes and reproductive morphology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Research Monographs (ECOLOGICAL)
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Book Title: Sperm Competition in Butterflies
Authors: Mamoru Watanabe
Series Title: Ecological Research Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55945-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55943-6Published: 15 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56733-2Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55945-0Published: 06 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-0707
Series E-ISSN: 2191-0715
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 174
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Ecology, Entomology, Behavioral Sciences