Interspecific body size differentiation in species assemblages of the carabid subgenus Ohomopterus in Japan

Population Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-291

  Sota, T ^a   Takami, Y ^b   Kubota, K ^c   Ujiie, M ^d   Ishikawa, R ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Kashiwanoha   (Japan)

^e Shibuya ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Character displacement; Climatic adaptation; Geographic variation; Interspecific interaction; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS; CARABUS ALBRECHTI; CARABUS JAPONICUS; CARABUS UENOI; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; OHOMOPTERUS;

EID: 0034479199     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012006     Document Type: Article

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