Variability in the life history of the water strider Gerris lacustris (Heteroptera: Gerridae) across small spatial scales

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Pfenning, B ^a   Poethke, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Small scale variability; Voltinism; Water striders; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOREST; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; LAKE WATER; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; VOLTINISM; WING MORPHOLOGY;

GERRIDAE; GERRIS LACUSTRIS; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 33645849802     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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