Ecomorphological and genetic divergence between lowland and montane forms of the Pieris napi species complex (Pieridae, Lepidoptera)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 727-745

  Espeland, Marianne ^a   Aagaard, Kaare ^a   Balstad, Torveig ^b   Hindar, Kjetil ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Altitude gradient; Cline; Lepidoptera; Melanization; Morphology; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BUTTERFLY; CLINE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MELANIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPLEX;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI; PIERIS NAPI NAPI;

EID: 36849067570     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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