How outcrossing hermaphrodites sense the presence of conspecifics and suppress female allocation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Schleicherová, Dáša ^a   Lorenzi, Maria Cristina ^a   Sella, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Assessment; Chemical cues; Perceptual abilities; Polychaetes; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITE; OUTCROSSING; POLYCHAETE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

OPHRYOTROCHA DIADEMA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 28544432925     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari093     Document Type: Article

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