Genetic, morphological, and dietary changes associated with novel habitat colonisation in the Canary Island endemic grasshopper Acrostira bellamyi

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 703-715

  Hernández Teixidor, David ^a   López, Heriberto ^b   Nogales, Manuel ^b   Emerson, Brent C ^b   Juan, Carlos ^c   Oromí, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat adaptation; Island endemism; Morphometrics; Orthoptera; Pamphagidae; Population genetics; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; PAMPHAGIDAE;

EID: 84912064179     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12151     Document Type: Article

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