Size of mudsnails, Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) and H. ventrosa (Montagu), in allopatry and sympatry: Conclusions from field distributions and laboratory growth experiments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-181

  Grudemo, Johan ^a   Johannesson, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Environmental effects; Growth rate; Size differences

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL; SYMPATRY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SWEDEN;

GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; HYDROBIA VENTROSA;

EID: 0033563811     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00198-1     Document Type: Article

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