Mate choice in male Brachionus plicatilis rotifers

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 681-687

  Gomez A ^a   Serra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclical parthenogenesis; mating behaviour; Rotifera; sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

CYCLICAL PARTHENOGEN; MATE CHOICE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 0030303674     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390502     Document Type: Article

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