Cannibalism facilitates the use of a novel environment in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-275

  Via, Sara ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ecological genetics; Evolution; Insects; Quantitative genetics; Resource use

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; PARASITISM;

CANNIBALISM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVIVAL;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033103421     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884820     Document Type: Article

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