Ontogenetic mechanisms underlying a Geographic size cline in a grasshopper, Romalea microptera

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-475

  Jannot, Jason E ^a   Brinton, Jessica ^a   Kocot, Kevin ^a   Akman, Olcay ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Growth rate; Hatching size; Interpopulation variation; South florida

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; CLINE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING DATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; ONTOGENY; PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ROMALEA MICROPTERA; ROMALEIDAE;

EID: 67649815015     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0317     Document Type: Article

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