Latitudinal body size clines in the butterfly Polyommatus icarus are shaped by gene-environment interactions

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nygren, Georg H ^a   Bergström, Anders ^a   Nylin, Sören ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Countergradient variation; Life history; Lycaenidae; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CELASTRINA LADON; HEXAPODA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS;

EID: 45149122036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.4701     Document Type: Article

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