Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1802, 2015, Pages

  Kingsolver, Joel G ^a   Buckley, Lauren B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical models; Climate change; Colias butterflies; Environmental variation; Evolution; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; FLIGHT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

COLIAS; COLIAS MEADII; PAPILIONOIDEA;

MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MELANINS; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84921983798     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2470     Document Type: Article

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