Relationships between necrotic cactus availability and population size in a cactophilic Drosophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae) located on a sandstone table hill in Brazil

Drosophila gouveai is a cactophilic species endemic to South America. In southeast Brazil it is found on summits of isolated hills, which apparently are current refugia resulting from climatic changes during the Quaternary Period. It breeds only in necrotic cactus cladodes of Pilosocereus machrisii....

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Main Authors: E.M. Moraes, F.M. Sene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2003-03-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
FPS
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442003000100018