Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-542

  Song, Hojun ^a,b   Wenzel, John W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GRASSHOPPER; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCUST; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT;

ACRIDIDAE; AVES; CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 49249103419     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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