Butterfly host plant range: An example of plasticity as a promoter of speciation?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Nylin, Sören ^a   Janz, Niklas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Development; Genetic accommodation; Host plants; Insects; Niche; Phenotypic accommodation; Polygonia; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; HOST USE; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CANNABIS SATIVA; HEXAPODA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYGONIA;

EID: 58349101594     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9205-5     Document Type: Article

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