Daphnia fitness over a food gradient : is body size the single trait predicting exploitative ability?
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عنوان ژورنال: Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0003-4088
DOI: 10.1051/limn:2008001