Gender expression and group size: A test in a hermaphroditic and a gonochoric congeneric species of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1586-1590

  Schleicherova, D ^a   Lorenzi, M C ^a   Sella, G ^a   Michiels, N K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female reproductive investment; Gonochorism; Hermaphroditism; Perceptual abilities; Social cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CUES; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

OPHRYOTROCHA; OPHRYOTROCHA DIADEMA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77951567180     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041814     Document Type: Article

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