Dietary restriction in two rotifer species: The effect of the length of food deprivation on life span and reproduction

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Weithoff, Guntram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Environmental variability; Food limitation; Life history; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LONGEVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; STARVATION; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION; ROTIFERA; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALODELLA; ELOSA WORRALI; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34547809336     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0739-6     Document Type: Article

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