Species size affects hatching response to different temperature regimes in a rotifer cryptic species complex

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-140

  Walczyńska, Aleksandra ^a   Serra, Manuel ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bergmann's rule; Body size; Cryptic species; Egg bank; Resting eggs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; DIAPAUSE; EGG BANK; HATCHING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; POND; RESTING STAGE; SPECIES COMPLEX; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84891660893     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-013-9664-9     Document Type: Article

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