Reduced flight capability in British Virgin Island populations of a wing-dimorphic insect: The role of habitat isolation, persistence, and structure

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-36

  Denno, Robert F ^a,b   Hawthorne, David J ^a   Thorne, Barbara L ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphacid planthopper; Dispersal; Flightlessness; Habitat isolation; Habitat persistence; Habitat structure; Host plant architecture; Life history evolution; Sporobolus virginicus; Toya venilia; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; DISPERSAL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATION EFFECT; PERSISTENCE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

EID: 0035128518     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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