Adaptive trends of darkling beetles (Col. Tenebrionidae) on environmental gradients on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-98

  De Los Santos, A ^a   Gomez Gonzalez L A ^a   Alonso, C ^a   Arbelo, C D ^a   De Nicolas J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Evolutionary convergence; Insecta; Morphotypes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BEETLE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

HEGETER;

EID: 0033858086     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0623     Document Type: Article

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