Life in the puddle: Behavioural and life-cycle adaptations in the Diptera of tropical rain pools

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-388

  Mclachlan, Athol ^a   Ladle, Richard ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Diptera; Habitat predictability; Rain puddles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; BEHAVIOR; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLY; GROWTH; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TROPICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034851938     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005723     Document Type: Review

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