Contest Competition in Drosophila subobscura

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Jones, T H ^a   Langefors, A ^a,b   Bonsall, M B ^a   Hassell, M P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contest competition; Drosophila; Population dynamics; Trans generation effect

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 0038455895     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02514976     Document Type: Article

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