Changing views on melanic moths

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 431-441

  Cook, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Industrial melanism; Peppered moth; Visual selection

Indexed keywords

MELANISM; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLUTION;

BISTON BETULARIA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033840881     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0402     Document Type: Article

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