Feeding behaviour in ciliated protists

Micron

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-504

  Verni, Franco ^a   Gualtieri, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interspecific interaction; Intraspecific interaction; Predator; Prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031414735     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(97)00028-0     Document Type: Review

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