Crossed induction of sex in sympatric congeneric rotifer populations

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1845-1854

  García Roger, Eduardo M ^a   Dias, Nataĺia ^a   Carmona, María José ^a   Serra, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EGG PRODUCTION; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SIGNALING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

BRACHIONUS; MONOGONONTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 70349954744     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.1845     Document Type: Article

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