Variable selection on Eurosta's gall size, III: Can an evolutionary response to selection be detected?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 623-640

  Weis, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural selection; parasitoids; plant galls; plant insect interactions; predation; selection response; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA; EUROSTA; EUROSTA SOLIDAGINIS; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE; SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA;

GALL SIZE; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT GALL; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SELECTION RESPONSE;

EID: 0029661035     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9050623.x     Document Type: Article

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