Geographic variation in competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 530-537

  James, Avis C ^a,b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Clines; Drosophila melanogaster; Larval competition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND; AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031749048     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286138     Document Type: Article

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