Altitudinal differentiation in the diapause response of two species of dung flies

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Blanckenhorn, Wolf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Diapause; Dung flies; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; DUNG FLY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE;

SWITZERLAND;

DIPTERA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE; SEPSIDAE; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA;

EID: 0031934839     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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