Temporal habitat variability and the maintenance of sex in host populations of the pea aphid

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1603, 2006, Pages 2887-2891

  Frantz, Adrien ^a   Plantegenest, Manuel ^a   Simon, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological specialization; Geographical parthenogenesis; Host races; Sex maintenance; Sympatric speciation; Temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APHID; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENE FLOW; HABITAT QUALITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SELECTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALFALFA; APHID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CLOVER; SPECIES HABITAT; VICIA FABA;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; VICIA FABA;

EID: 33751102645     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3665     Document Type: Article

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