Clinal variation of body size in Dichroplus pratensis (Orthoptera: Acrididae): Inversion of Bergmann's and Rensch's rules

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 850-860

  Bidau, Claudio J ^a,b   Martí, Darbo A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Clinal variation; Dichroplus pratensis; Rensch's rule; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACRIDIDAE; DICHROPLUS PRATENSIS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 36849070786     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[850:CVOBSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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