Maintenance of colour polymorphism in the leaf beetle chrysophtharta agricola (Chapuis) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Paropsini)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-90

  Nahrung, Helen F ^a   Allen, Geoff R ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hardy Weinberg; Melanism; Neutral Allele

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLOR MORPH; FITNESS; MELANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMANIA; WORLD;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOPHTHARTA AGRICOLA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 12244251841     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155269     Document Type: Article

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