A quantitative study of environmental factors influencing the seasonal onset of reproductive behaviour in the South American apple-snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-250

  Albrecht, Eduardo A ^a,b   Carreno N B ^a   Castro Vazquez, A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AMPULLARIIDAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 0033022580     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.2.241     Document Type: Article

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