Temperature dependent larval resource allocation shaping adult body size in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1159-1167

  Bochdanovits, Z ^a   De Jong, G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geographical cline; Phenotypic plasticity; Resource allocation; Size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0042147755     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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