Niche separation in space and time between two sympatric sister species-a case of ecological pleiotropy

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Friberg, Magne ^a   Bergman, Martin ^a   Kullberg, Jaakko ^b   Wahlberg, Niklas ^a,c   Wiklund, Christer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diapause; Direct development; Geographic mosaic; Host plants; Secondary contact; Temporal and spatial niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOST PLANT; MOTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; OVERWINTERING; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHENOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; SYMPATRY; VOLTINISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTIDEA; LEPTIDEA REALI; LEPTIDEA SINAPIS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PIERIDAE; SINAPIS;

EID: 37249061752     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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