A geographic mosaic of trophic interactions and selection: Trees, aphids and birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Smith, D S ^a   Bailey, J K ^b   Shuster, S M ^a   Whitham, T G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community genetics; Cottonwood; Genes to ecosystem; Geographic mosaic; Populus; Predator prey; Selection; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FECUNDITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULUS; TREES;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; PEMPHIGUS BETAE; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 78651514176     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02178.x     Document Type: Article

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