Geographical variation in wing polymorphism of the waterstrider Aquarius najas (Heteroptera, Gerridae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 156-160

  Ahlroth, P ^a   Alatalo, R V ^a   Hyvarinen E ^a   Suhonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquarius najas; Geographical variation; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS NAJAS;

EID: 0032904572     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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