Social situation, sperm competition and sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite, the cestode Schistocephalus solidus

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 942-953

  Scharer L ^a,b   Wedekind, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cestode; Histology; Local mate competition; Mating group size; Parasite; Sex allocation; Simultaneous hermaphrodite; Size dependent sex allocation; Sperm competition; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GROUP SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; SEX ALLOCATION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0035677677     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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