Within-clutch egg cannibalism variability in hatchlings of the land snail Helix aspersa (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora): Influence of two proximate factors

Malacologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 167-173

  Desbuquois, Christophe ^a   Madec, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Egg cannibalism; Helix aspersa; Intraspecific oophagy; Nutrition; Proximate factors

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0032324814     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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