Stress induced fitness reduction is not determined by the most sensitive life-cycle trait

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-111

  Kammenga, J E ^a   Busschers, M ^a   Van Straalen, N M ^b   Jepson, P C ^c   Bakker, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Life history strategy; Nematodes; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

PLECTUS ACUMINATUS;

CADMIUM; FITNESS; NEMATODE;

EID: 0029668257     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390268     Document Type: Article

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