The evolution of parental care in freshwater leeches

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-137

  Kutschera, U ^a   Wirtz, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hirudinea; Life history; Natural selection; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; REARING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034785130     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1431-7613-00034     Document Type: Article

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