Carnivores and carotenoids are associated with adaptive behavioural divergence in a radiation of gall midges

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-22

  Heath, Jeremy J ^a   Wells, Brenda ^a   Cipollini, Don ^a   Stireman, John O ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Adaptive radiation; Asteromyia carbonifera; Carotenoids; Cecidomyiidae; Diptera; Enemy free space; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARNIVORE; CAROTENOID; DIVERGENCE; ENEMY FREE SPACE; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; GENE FLOW; HORMONE; LEAF; MORPHOTYPE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; SPECIES COMPLEX; SYMPATRY; WASP;

ALYCAULINI; ASTEROMYIA CARBONIFERA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; PLATYGASTER;

EID: 84873103531     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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