Host range evolution is not driven by the optimization of larval performance: the case of Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and the colonization of alfalfa

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-561

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Nice, Chris C ^b   Fordyce, James A ^c   Gompert, Zachariah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Niche breadth; Niche shift; Performance; Preference; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FERAL ORGANISM; FLOWER; FOLIAGE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST QUALITY; HOST RANGE; INSECT; JUVENILE; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE BREADTH; OPTIMIZATION; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REARING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BUTTERFLIES; CALIFORNIA; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ASTRAGALUS CANADENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA; LYCAENIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67349231180     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1310-4     Document Type: Article

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