Life-history strategies of Brachionus havanaensis subject to kairomones of vertebrate and invertebrate predators

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Garcia C E ^a   Chaparro Herrera, D De Jesús ^a   Nandini, S ^a   Sarma, S S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Division de Investigacion y Posgrado   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demography; Kairomone; Predation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; KAIROMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS; ACANTHOCYCLOPS ROBUSTUS; ALGAE; AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; BRACHIONUS HAVANAENSIS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COPEPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LORICA; ROTIFERA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547962106     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540701525988     Document Type: Article

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