Seasonal trade-off between starvation resistance and cold resistance in temperate wild-caught Drosophila simulans

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Kenny, McCabe C ^a   Wilton, Alan ^b   Ballard, J William O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold resistance; Lipid content; Starvation resistance

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 39149131399     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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