Sexual competition in an acanthocephalan parasite of fish

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-69

  Sasal, P ^a   Jobet, E ^a   Faliex, E ^a   Morand, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalan; Energy allocation; Sex ratio; Sexual competition

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FISH; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALOIDES; ACANTHOCEPHALOIDES PROPINQUUS; ACANTHOCEPHALUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS BUCCHICHII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033982367     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005272     Document Type: Article

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