Rapid morphological change in stream beetle museum specimens correlates with climate change

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 646-651

  Babin Fenske, Jennifer ^a,b   Anand, Madhur ^b   Alarie, Yves ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic beetles; Body shape; Body size; Climate change; Gyretes; Microevolution; Precipitation; Stream ecosystems; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; GYRETES; GYRETES SINUATUS;

EID: 51249122003     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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