Thermal tolerance in widespread and tropical Drosophila species: Does phenotypic plasticity increase with latitude?

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Overgaard, Johannes ^a,b   Kristensen, Torsten N ^a,b   Mitchell, Katherine A ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FLY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DROSOPHILA; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DROSOPHILA; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80053276026     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661780     Document Type: Article

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