Phenotypic plasticity and development of cold-season insects (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) and their response to climatic change

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-243

  Topp, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Circannual development; Distributional range; Homeostasis; Life history; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLEISTOCENE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

CATOPS; CATOPS NIGRICANS; CHOLEVA AGILIS; CHOLEVA ELONGATA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEIODIDAE;

EID: 0042709484     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.038     Document Type: Article

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