Colour morph related performance in the meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-637

  Unsicker, Sybille B ^a,b   Köhler, Günter ^a   Linz, Jeanine ^a   Stein, Claudia ^c   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Extensively managed grasslands; Plant species richness; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GRASSHOPPER; MEADOW; OVIPOSITION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 51249096939     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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