Chemical defense and evolution in the Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)

Chemoecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-60

  Cimino, Guido ^a   Ghiselin, Michael T ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ascoglossa; Chemical defense; Chlorophyta; Gastropoda; Opisthobranchia; Propionates; Sacoglossa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002844117     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001804     Document Type: Review

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