Range limits, large-scale biogeographic variation, and localized evolutionary dynamics in a polymorphic damselfly

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-785

  Gosden, Thomas P ^a,c   Stoks, Robby ^b   Svensson, Erik I ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cline; Gene flow; Genetic; Male mimic; Population divergence; Species range

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DAMSELFLY; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; POLYMORPHISM; RANGE SIZE;

ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 79952600743     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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