Aspects of body size and mate choice in the simultaneously hermaphroditic pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-259

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Montagne Wajer, Kora ^a   Maat, Andries ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basommatophora; Fecundity; Gastropod; Hermaphrodite; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; GASTROPOD; HERMAPHRODITE; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHELL; SNAIL;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE;

EID: 34447117476     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780377983     Document Type: Article

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