Seasonal reproductive cycle in relation to tolerance to high temperatures in the terrestrial slug Lehmannia valentiana

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-162

  Udaka, Hiroko ^a   Mori, Midori ^a   Goto, Shin G ^a   Numata, Hideharu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonad development; Life cycle; Oviposition; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; LEHMANNIA VALENTIANA;

EID: 34547886928     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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