Dietary differences among colour morphs of pygmy grasshoppers revealed by behavioural experiments and stable isotopes

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 461-477

  Karpestam, Einat ^a   Forsman, Anders ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Insect; Niche; Resource partitioning; Tetrix subulata

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; TETRIGIDAE; TETRIX SUBULATA;

EID: 84856937161     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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