A case study in experimental evolution: Reproductive effort and induced responses in Drosophila melanogaster

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Stearns, Stephen C ^a   Kaiser, Marcel ^a   Blarer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

age and size at maturity; induced responses; reproduction effort

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030433555     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1996.tb00112.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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