Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in growth, development, and body size in the yellow dung fly

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1394-1407

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Diapause; Genetic variation; Growth rate; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Scathophaga stercoraria

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0031731812     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02021.x     Document Type: Article

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