Steep converse Bergmann's cline in a carrion beetle: between- and within-population variation in body size along an elevational gradient

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12527" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12527</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12527" target="_blank" >10.1111/jzo.12527</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Steep converse Bergmann's cline in a carrion beetle: between- and within-population variation in body size along an elevational gradient

Original language description

Body size is an integrative trait with substantial fitness consequences in animals. Geographical clines in body size have fascinated biologists because of their potential to provide insight into the mechanisms governing local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity. In this complex study, we focused on variation in body size of Silpha carinata (Coleoptera: Silphidae) along elevation gradients in Central Europe. Altitudinal clines were investigated separately for males and females as sex-specific responses to environmental conditions are documented for a variety of insect species. To identify potential underlying mechanisms responsible for observed patterns, a common garden experiment and investigation of within-population variation in body size were performed. Body size of S. carinata recorded in nature sharply decreased with increasing altitude in both genders, whereas sexual size dimorphism did not change with altitude. The degree of within-population variation in body size recorded in nature did not

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10616 - Entomology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Zoology

ISSN

0952-8369

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

304

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

243-251

UT code for WoS article

000429420900003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85045144919