Intrinsic differences in dispersal between populations of gastropods separated by a few metres: Evidence from reciprocal experimental transplantation

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-273

  Rajasekharan, Maya ^a   Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dispersal; Experimental transplantation; Intertidal; Littorina

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROPOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAIL; TRANSPLANTATION;

COUNTY WICKLOW; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE; WICKLOW [COUNTY WICKLOW];

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA;

EID: 33846331622     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.10.046     Document Type: Article

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