Population structure of a predatory beetle: the importance of gene flow for intertrophic level interactions.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.32

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Population structure of a predatory beetle: the importance of gene flow for intertrophic level interactions.

Heredity - 1 Mar 1994

Coll M, Garcia de Mendoza L, Roderick G K

Abstract excerpt

Migration and gene flow of natural enemies play an important role in the stability of predator-prey interactions and community organization in both natural and managed systems. Yet, relative to that of their herbivorous insect prey, the genetic structure of natural enemy populations has been litt...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Coleoptera
Enzymes
Genetics, Population
Maryland

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