Small-scaled geographical variation in life-history traits of the blowfly Calliphora vicina between rural and urban populations

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-224

  Hwang, C C ^a,b   Turner, B D ^a,b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADD; Adult body size; Calliphoridae; Diptera; Forensics; Growth rate; Phenotypic plasticity; Urban heat island effect; Wing size

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; COLD TOLERANCE; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HEAT ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 68949116270     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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