Population density and group size effects on reproductive behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sprenger, Dennis ^a   Lange, Rolanda ^a   Anthes, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

mating group size; optimal mating rate; population density; sexual conflict; simultaneous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

ENCOUNTER RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; GROUP SIZE; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SLUG;

CHELIDONURA SANDRANA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79955110081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-107     Document Type: Article

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