When to be sexual: Sex allocation theory and population density-dependent induction of sex in cyclical parthenogens

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1207-1214

  Serra, Manuel ^a   Aparici, Eduardo ^a   Carmona, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIAPAUSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX ALLOCATION;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 55349137773     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn077     Document Type: Article

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