Evidence for strategic egg production in a hermaphroditic cestode

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-382

  Wedekind, C ^a   Strahm, D ^a   Scharer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Egg size; Life history; Outbreeding; Schistocephalus solidus; Selfing; Sib competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CESTODE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPEPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CESTODA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISHES; HERMAPHRODITISM; OOGENESIS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

AVES; CESTODA; COPEPODA; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0031785945     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003114     Document Type: Article

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