Does strong selection promote host specialisation and ecological speciation in insect herbivores? Evidence from Neochlamisus leaf beetles

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 41-53

  Funk, Daniel J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Comparative approaches; Divergent adaptation; Genome scan; Herbivorous insects; Host specificity; Insect plant interactions; Population differentiation; Post mating isolation; Pre mating isolation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; MICROCOSM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEOCHLAMISUS; NEOCHLAMISUS BEBBIANAE; NEOCHLAMISUS PLATANI;

EID: 74549133475     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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