Sex versus parasitism versus density

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-544

  Ben Ami, Frida ^a,b   Heller, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centrocestus; Density dependent transmission hypothesis; Melanoides tuberculata; Red queen hypothesis; Reproductive assurance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; SNAIL;

CENTROCESTUS; GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA;

EID: 38849134780     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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