Evolution of camouflage drives rapid ecological change in an insect community

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1835-1843

  Farkas, Timothy E ^a,b   Mononen, Tommi ^c,d   Comeault, Aaron A ^a,b   Hanski, Ilkka ^c   Nosil, Patrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA CRISTINAE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INSECT; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885309578     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.067     Document Type: Article

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