Geographic variation in plasticity in Eristalis arbustorum

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-229

  Ottenheim, Mart M ^a   Henseler, Anja ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour pattern; Development time; Hoverflies; Phenotypic plasticity; Syrphidae; Thorax length; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; FLY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DIPTERA; ERISTALIS ARBUSTORUM; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0031729315     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0243     Document Type: Article

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