Latitudinal clines in alternative life histories in a geometrid moth

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-129

  Valimaki P ^a   Kivela S M ^a   Maenpaa M I ^a,c   Tammaru, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cogradient variation; Countergradient variation; Diapause induction; Phenotypic plasticity; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLINE; ECTOTHERMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; VOLTINISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; EVOLUTION; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MOTH; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ESTONIA; FINLAND; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; PUPA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CHIASMIA CLATHRATA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84871093924     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12033     Document Type: Article

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