Climate change, boundary increase and elongation of a pre-existing cline: A case study in Drosophila ananassae

Entomological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Rajpurohit, Subhash ^a,b   Parkash, Ravi ^b   Singh, Shama ^b   Ramniwas, Seema ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desiccation resistance; Drosophila ananassae; Life history trait; Range expansion; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE;

EID: 57549101499     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2008.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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