Stress promotes changes in resource allocation to growth and reproduction in a simultaneous hermaphrodite with indeterminate growth

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-600

  Aira, Manuel ^a   Domínguez, Jorge ^a   Monroy, Fernando ^a   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Compensatory growth; Current reproduction; Earthworms; Iteroparity; Life history trade off; Residual reproductive value

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MULTIPLE MATING; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 34547653631     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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