Desiccation and starvation tolerance of adult Drosophila: Opposite latitudinal clines in natural populations of three different species

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 825-831

  Karan, Dev ^a   Dahiya, Neena ^a   Munjal, Ashok K ^a   Gibert, Patricia ^b   Moreteau, Brigitte ^b   Parkash, Ravi ^a   David, Jean R ^b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic adaptation; D. melanogaster; Drosophila ananassae; India; Zaprionus indianus

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION TOLERANCE; FRUITFLY; LATITUDINAL CLINE; STARVATION TOLERANCE;

INDIA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; ZAPRIONUS INDIANUS;

EID: 0031817830     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03706.x     Document Type: Article

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