Spatiotemporal variation in selection on body size in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 563-576

  Blanckenhorn, W U ^a   Morf, C ^a   Muhlhauser C ^a   Reusch, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body size; Fecundity selection; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Viability selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; SEPSIS CYNIPSEA;

EID: 0033006614     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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