Body size variation in insects: A macroecological perspective

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-169

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Clinal variation; Compensatory growth; Frequency distribution; Gigantism; Ontogeny; Rensch's rule; Seasonality; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INSECTS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 74549205208     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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