Cause of bimodal distribution in the shape of a terrestrial gastropod

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2877-2887

  Okajima, Ryoko ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Land snail; Model; Moment of force; Shell balance; Spire index

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; BODY SHAPE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GASTROPOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE; SHELL; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GASTROPOD; HISTOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GASTROPODA; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 70350225820     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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