Apparent sibling rivalry in the freshwater fingernail clam Sphaerium striatinum

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Beekey, Mark A ^a,b   Karlson, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Brood mortality; Brooding; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BROOD REARING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SIBLING;

BIVALVIA; METATHERIA; SPHAERIUM; SPHAERIUM STRIATINUM;

EID: 8744247498     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0835-0     Document Type: Article

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