Does plasticity drive speciation? Host-plant shifts and diversification in nymphaline butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the tertiary

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Nylin, Sören ^a   Wahlberg, Niklas ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feeding; Generalist; Niche; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyphagy; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BUTTERFLY; FEEDING; GENERALIST; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERTIARY;

ASTERACEAE; ASTERALES; ASTERIDS; HEXAPODA; KALLIMINI; LAMIALES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELITAEINI; NYMPHALIDAE; NYMPHALINAE; NYMPHALINI; PAPILIONOIDEA; ROSALES; ROSIDS;

EID: 43049147991     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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