Sex allocation and mate choice of selfed and outcrossed Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 644-650

  Schjørring, Solveig ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inbreeding depression; Mating system; Parasite; Selfing; Sex allocation; Simultaneous hermaphrodite; Tapeworm

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; FLATWORM; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATE CHOICE; OUTCROSSING; PARASITE; SEX ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 66149114494     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp046     Document Type: Article

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