Generalists and specialists along a latitudinal transect: Patterns of thermal adaptation in six species of damselflies

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1340-1352

  Nilsson Örtman, Viktor ^a   Stoks, Robby ^b   De Block, Marjan ^b   Johansson, Frank ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coenagrion spp.; Damselflies; Developmental plasticity; Environmental variability; Growth rate; Life history; Optimality theory; Reaction norm; Thermal sensitivity; Thermal variability

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; INSECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862282437     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1910.1     Document Type: Article

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