Size-related change in feeding preference in the carnivorous land snail Haplotrema concavum (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-85

  Atkinson, James W ^a   Balaban, Martin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cannibalism; Egg cannibalism

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATA ALTERNATA; ANGUISPIRA ALTERNATA; GASTROPODA; HAPLOTREMA CONCAVUM; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0031480821     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226972     Document Type: Article

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