Size-dependent mating and gender choice in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, Bulla gouldiana

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-68

  Chaine, Alexis ^a,c   Angeloni, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Hermaphroditic strategies; Opisthobranch mollusc; Sex allocation; Sexual role

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HERMAPHRODITE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; BULLA GOULDIANA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 27744498308     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0009-8     Document Type: Article

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