Differential life-history characteristics of male and female Peripatoides novaezealandiae (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-267

  Tutt, Karen ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a   Gibbs, George W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Demography; Life history; Onychophora; Peripatoides novaezealandiae; Spermathecae

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATOIDES; PERIPATOIDES NOVAEZEALANDIAE; PERIPATOPSIDAE;

EID: 0036774102     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690200136X     Document Type: Article

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