The influence of self-fertilization and pairing on life-history traits in the freshwater snail Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Planorbidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-167

  Njiokou, Flobert ^a   Mouafo, Jean Bosco ^a   Teukeng, Félicité ^a   Njine, Thomas ^a   Ekobo, Albert Same ^b   Jarne, Philippe ^c  

^a Dept Biol Physiol Animals F   (Cameroon)

^b Fac Med et des Sci Biomedicales   (Cameroon)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bulinus forskalli; Copulation; Freshwater snails; Life history traits; Self fertilization; Variation

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FRESHWATER; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BULINUS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRESH WATER; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CAMEROON;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANORBIDAE;

EID: 0034684058     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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