Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 982-989

  Higgins, Jessica K ^a   MacLean, Heidi J ^a   Buckley, Lauren B ^a,b   Kingsolver, Joel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Colias; Thermal performance curve

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUTTERFLY; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLIAS; COLIAS EURYTHEME; COLIAS PHILODICE ERIPHYLE;

EID: 84904364097     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12218     Document Type: Article

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