Size-fecundity relationships in the land snail helix aspersa: Preliminary results on a form outside the norm

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-90

  Madec, Luc ^a   Guiller, Annie ^b   Coutellec Vreto, Marie Agnes ^a   Desbuquois, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Helix aspersa; Intraspecific differentiation; Land snail; Life history traits; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

HELIX ASPERSA;

EID: 0031872676     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652356     Document Type: Article

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