Are there genetically controlled habitat-specific differences in spatial aggregation of drosophilids?

Population Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-274

  Rohlfs, Marko ^a   Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila subobscura; Oviposition behaviour; Polymorphism; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; OVIPOSITION; POLYMORPHISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; INSECTA;

EID: 13244265806     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0193-9     Document Type: Article

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