Tarsal asymmetry, nutritional condition, and survival in water boatmen (Callicorixa vulnerata)

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 712-720

  Nosil, P ^a,b   Reimchen, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Corixidae; Ecological severity; Fitness; Fluctuating asymmetry; Nutritional condition; Survival

Indexed keywords

CALLICORIXA VULNERATA;

EID: 0035012101     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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