Sexual size dimorphism and transition to parasitism in copepods

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2520-2523

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; copepods; parasitism; phylogeny; sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA;

EID: 0030498410     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03639.x     Document Type: Article

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