Stress during dormancy: Effect on recovery rates and life-history traits of anhydrobiotic animals

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-359

  Ricci, Claudia ^a   Caprioli, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Bdelloid rotifers; Fecundity; Nematodes; Shuttle flight; Survival

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; STORAGE;

EID: 0032470720     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009905404868     Document Type: Article

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