Interspecific laboratory competition of the recently sympatric species Drosophila subobscura and Drosophila pseudoobscura

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 269-274

  Pascual, Marta ^a   Serra, Luis ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonizing species; Competition between species; Drosophila pseudoobscura; Drosophila subobscura; Relative fitness

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0031902436     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb05162.x     Document Type: Article

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