Local adaptations of life-history traits of a Drosophila parasitoid, Leptopilina boulardi: Does climate drive evolution?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 727-736

  Moiroux, Joffrey ^a,b   Lann, Cécile Le ^a   Seyahooei, Majeed A ^b   Vernon, Philippe ^a   Pierre, Jean Sébastien ^a   Van Baaren, Joan ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life history theory; Parasitoids; Precipitation; Reproductive strategies; Resource distribution; Temperature; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; FLY; HUMIDITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF;

LEPTOPILINA BOULARDI;

EID: 78349238507     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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