Predator-prey interactions: Effects of the substances released by the prey Euplotes crassus (Protozoa, Ciliata) on the predator Litonotus lamella (Protozoa, Ciliata)

Microbios

Volumn 87, Issue 352, 1996, Pages 185-198

  Morelli, Andrea ^a   Verni, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Euplotes; Litonotus; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030376439     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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