Is melanism in pygmy grasshoppers induced by crowding?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 975-983

  Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Forsman, Anders ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color pattern polymorphism; Developmental plasticity; Environmental and genetic cues; Phenotype determination; Tetrix subulata

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSHOPPER; MELANISM; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; TETRIGIDAE; TETRIX SUBULATA;

EID: 77955770021     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9399-9     Document Type: Article

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