Altitudinal life history variation in the dung flies Scathophaga stercoraria and Sepsis cynipsea

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-352

  Blanckenhorn, W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Phenology; Phenotypic plasticity; Season length

Indexed keywords

SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA; DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE;

BODY SIZE; DUNG FLY; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 0030617455     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050092     Document Type: Article

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