Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climatic factors

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 589-599

  Godsoe, William ^a   Strand, Eva ^a   Smith, Christopher Irwin ^b   Yoder, Jeremy B ^a   Esque, Todd C ^c   Pellmyr, Olle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic environment; Coevolution; Ecological niche modeling; Plant insect interactions; Tegeticula; Yucca

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COEVOLUTION; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOTH; MUTUALISM; NICHE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SYMBIOSIS; YUCCA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; ROC CURVE; SYMBIOSIS; YUCCA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA; YUCCA BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 67650931861     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02942.x     Document Type: Article

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