Resource competition and patterns of sexual reproduction in sympatric sibling rotifer species

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Ciros Pérez, Jorge ^a   Carmona, María José ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachionus plicatilis; Competitive interactions; Cyclical parthenogenesis; Sexual investment

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0036923270     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0856-6     Document Type: Article

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