Adaptive significance of a circadian clock: Temporal segregation of activities reduces intrinsic competitive inferiority in Drosophila parasitoids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1447, 2000, Pages 1005-1010

  Fleury, Frédéric ^a   Allemand, Roland ^a   Vavre, Fabrice ^a   Fouillet, Pierre ^a   Boulétreau, Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Asobara; Circadian rhythms; Drosophila parasitoids; Interspecific competition; Leptopilina; Locomotor and egg laying activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTIVE VALUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; PARASITOID; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASOBARA; DROSOPHILA; LEPTOPILINA;

EID: 0034701915     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1103     Document Type: Article

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