Article
Effect of microhabitat variability on body size in Drosophila subobscura.
Folia biologica - 1 Jan 2008
Stamenković-Radak Marina, Rasić Gordana, Cucković Maja, Savić Tatjana, Andjelković Marko
Abstract excerpt
We assessed the variation in thorax size, wing size and wing loading in populations of Drosophila subobscura from two ecologically different habitats and within each habitat sampled during three periods of the day. The traits analyzed differed between laboratory reared samples and field collected samples. Differences were mainly caused by environmental factors and genotype x environmental interactions. While...
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