Polymorphism in bisexual reproductive patterns of cyclical parthenogens a simulation approach using a rotifer growth model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Aparici, Eduardo ^a   Carmona, Maria José ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parthenogenesis; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; POLYMORPHISM;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 0030498788     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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