Ecological differentiation between coexisting sexual and asexual strains of Daphnia pulex

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1241-1250

  Lehto, Mikko P ^a,b   Haag, Christoph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Geographic parthenogenesis; Metapopulation; Niche differentiation; Paradox of sex

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METAPOPULATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARTHENOGENESIS; PH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; WATER;

FINLAND;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

EID: 77958524948     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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