Partial thermoregulatory compensation by a rapidly evolving invasive species along a latitudinal cline

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1715-1720

  Huey, Raymond B ^a   Pascual, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Drosophila subobscura; European fruit fly; Invasive species; Latitudinal clines; North America; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CLINE; COMPENSATION; EVOLUTION; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; OREGON; SEASONS; WASHINGTON;

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 67650662205     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0097.1     Document Type: Article

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