Evolution of larval host plant associations and adaptive radiation in pierid butterflies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1677-1690

  Braby, M F ^a,b   Trueman, J W H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Brassicales; Coevolution; Cospeciation; Fabales; Insect plant interactions; Mimicry; Mistletoe; Pieridae; Santalales

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANGIOSPERM; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST PLANT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SPECIATION; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

BRASSICALES; FABACEAE; FABALES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERINAE; SANTALALES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 33747288704     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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