Mating frequency and resource allocation to male and female function in the simultaneous hermaphrodite land snail Arianta arbustorum

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 607-614

  Locher, R ^a   Baur, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arianta arbustorum; Hermaphrodite; Mating frequency; Reproductive output; Sex allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERMAPHRODITE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION;

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033927117     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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