Resource availability and population size in cactophilic Drosophila

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-21

  Breitmeyer, C M ^a   Markow, T A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Fruit flies; Necrotic cacti; Sonoran desert

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

USA, SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 0031936024     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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