Geographic and temporal variation in the incidence of melanism in peppered moth populations in America and Britain

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-471

  Grant, B S ^a   Cook, A D ^a   Clarke, C A ^b   Owen, D F ^c  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MELANOSIS; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BISTON; BISTON BETULARIA; BISTON BETULARIA COGNATARIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031671633     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/89.5.465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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