Life-history responses to variable environments: Starvation and reproduction in planktonic rotifers

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 434-441

  Kirk, Kevin L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Life history; Nonequilibrium environments; Reproduction; Rotifers; Starvation; Survival vs. reproduction trade offs; Variable environments; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; STARVATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0030616863     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0434:LHRTVE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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