Resource competition between genetically varied and genetically uniform populations of Daphnia pulex (Leydig): Does sexual reproduction confer a short-term ecological advantage?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-123

  Tagg, Nikki ^a   Doncaster, C Patrick ^a   Innes, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of males; Cost of sex; Density dependence; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NICHE BREADTH; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; PULEX;

EID: 18644378533     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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