Genetics and the environment in interspecific competition: A study using the sibling species Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-78

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a   King, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Drosophila; Environment; Fitness; Genetic variation

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSPHILA SIMULANS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE;

COMPETITION; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

MEXICO, SAN CARLOS;

EID: 0029663755     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333216     Document Type: Article

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