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The temporal distribution of arthropod populations is the outcome of a complex process involving both demographic and physiological adaptations (Stamou et al. 1993a). The study of field population dynamics may therefore reveal the way in which evolutionary lineage can be realised under specific conditions, and further hypotheses regarding adaptation can be tested. The opposite is also possible: hypotheses regarding arthropod life history tactics and physiological adaptations can be formulated from census data and phenograms. This approach has been deliberately adopted for most Mediterranean arthropods, so explanations of the synchronisation of their development with seasonally varying climatic variables can be inferred.
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Stamou, G.P. (1998). Phenological Patterns. In: Arthropods of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79752-1_6
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