Optimal growth model for the latitudinal cline of shell morphology in cowries (genus Cypraea)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1133-1149

  Irie, Takahiro ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cypraea caputserpentis; Latitudinal gradient; Optimal growth schedule; Phenotypic plasticity; Shell thickness

Indexed keywords

CYPRAEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542463521     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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