Weather-driven changes in population density determine wing dimorphism in a bush-cricket species

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Poniatowski, Dominik ^a   Fartmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Crowding; Macroptery; Mesoclimate; Orthoptera; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; DIMORPHISM; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GERMANY;

METRIOPTERA ROESELII; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 79959694998     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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