Seasonal variation in life history traits in two Drosophila species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1691-1704

  Behrman, E L ^a   Watson, S S ^b   O'Brien, K R ^a,c   Heschel, M S ^d   Schmidt, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Drosophila; Life history; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FLY; HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84941599652     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12690     Document Type: Article

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