Resource allocation in a simultaneously hermaphroditic slug with phally polymorphism

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-548

  Jordaens, Kurt ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Temmerman, Katrien ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deroceras laeve; Energetic costs; Gastropods; Genital polymorphism; Hermaphrodite; Mating systems; Resource allocation; Sex allocation; Slugs

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; HATCHING; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SLUG;

DEROCERAS LAEVE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33750683637     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9115-y     Document Type: Article

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