Body size-dependent gender role in a simultaneous hermaphrodite freshwater snail, Physa acuta

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 976-981

  Ohbayashi Hodoki, Kako ^a   Ishihama, Fumiko ^a   Shimada, Masakazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freshwater snails; Gender role; Physa acuta; Simultaneous hermaphrodites; Size advantage model

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HERMAPHRODITE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SNAIL;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; PHYSA; PHYSA ACUTA; PHYSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144224412     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh101     Document Type: Article

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