Tracking the genetic effects of global warming: Drosophila and other model systems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Rodríguez Trelles, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel A ^b   Scheiner, Samuel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biological indicator; Chromosomal inversion polymorphism; Climate change; Evolutionary ecology; Genetic diversity; Global warming; Microevolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249159719     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00047-020202     Document Type: Article

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